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| Toyshop and Floyditorium | ||||
| Bulging toychests make this a child's (or child-at-heart's) dream. Play all day, play all night. A small booth has been erected and is staffed by a friendly robot. The sign over it says, "INFOKOM GAMEZ 5 cents". A small notice on the door reads, "PLEASE RETURN TOYS TO THIS ROOM WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM." | ||||
| You can see: green button, banana machine, faucets, toy catalogue, a crystal ball, cuddly walrus, clicker, cloak, tic-tac-toe, thermometer, yellow button, waldo whisper object, checkers board, Werewolf rules, bunny burger, signaling device, Mike Tyson, IF Programmer Barbie, IF FLOYD'S DOWN, TELL JOTA -- OR ELSE HE WON'T KNOW, Autohugger, Photocopier, basketball, midterm monster, frobozz magic dispenser, fun shiny toy, madlibs, orange, jukebox, FREE DONUTS machine, long-stemmed red rose, dfan's quest, miniature ifMUD, Pun Police Whistle, orange door, monkey guru, mind chess, the 'hey there, playerfish!' cube, apple, a zorkmid, storyharp, save button, specimen jar, soda reading 'Don't drink me!', Gene Ray, jellybean, Best of Speed?, ClubFloyd Suggested Games List, Gak | ||||
| Players: Waldo, Floyd | ||||
| Visible Exits: northeast (to the Lounge) | ||||
| Jacqueline arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Limax asks, "Oh geez... it is noon, isn't, it?" | |||
| Taleslinger says, "I won't be there. Have fun!" | ||||
| Limax arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says (to Tale), "But you suggested this one!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw" | ||||
| Bert arrives, ready to play with the toys. | Taleslinger says, "I know, and I am sorry." | |||
| DavidW arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Jacqueline hollers, "ClubFloyd in just over ten minutes - we're playing the alliterative Eric Eve's Elysium Enigma today." | ||||
| Limax covers his ears | ||||
| Limax says, "Ah yes.... the 4E" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Sorry. People have started insisting I holler beforehand." | Taleslinger says, "I've school tomorrow, as usual, and I wouldn't care. But I have to work after that, so I need to sleep > 4 hours this night." | |||
| Limax says, "Oh I know... you should know when I'm just yanking your chain" | Jacqueline says, "Hm... just sort of a bummer because I'm not much into SciFi. This is SciFi, right? I mean, I hear it's good and all." | |||
| Taleslinger says, "I guess you could make a last minute change or something." | ||||
| Nitku says, "It's scifi, but in a low-tech planet. So not much scifi elements." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Nitku), "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Tale), "Nah, 's'okay." | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "Okay then!" | ||||
| Taleslinger says, "have fun." | ||||
| Nitku arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| ParserGirl arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Here we go... please keep discussion on #ClubFloyd..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "load elysium" | ||||
Floyd | Thanks for playing The Elysium Enigma - hope you've enjoyed it!Welcome Floyd | to the Cheap Glk Implementation, library version 0.9.0. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve; version 2.03 (2007-03-05) Floyd | Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players). Floyd | Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game. Floyd | Floyd | Press Q to quit. Floyd | Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game. Floyd | Floyd | | * ParserGirl has joined the channel. | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | Information Floyd | Floyd | 1. Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | 2. Information for Players new to Interactive Fiction and/or TADS 3 Floyd | Games Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | 1 Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | 1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | About this Game Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma is a relatively kind game. It is possible to get Floyd | killed or otherwise arrive at a less than ideal ending, but in such Floyd | cases you can always UNDO. It should not be possible to put the game Floyd | into an unwinnable state. Floyd | Floyd | You may well finish the game, or even win the game, with fewer than Floyd | the maximum points (it's possible to win the game with as few as 13 Floyd | points, or even 12 on a second or subsequent playthrough). If you Floyd | arrive at a less than satisfactory ending with a very low score, that Floyd | means that there's a lot of the game you have missed; but if you Floyd | arrive at a winning ending with less than the maximum score that means Floyd | you have seen the essentials but missed out on some optional extras. Floyd | Floyd | It should be fairly easy to complete this game in the sense of Floyd | reaching some ending, and not too hard to reach a winning ending Floyd | within two hours; achieving the full score of 30 points could prove Floyd | more of a challenge. Floyd | Floyd | To access in-game hints directly, type HINT (or HINTS). Floyd | Floyd | Conversation is important in this game, which uses the ASK/TELL Floyd | method. At any point in a conversation you can use the TOPICS Floyd | commands to list topics it's currently worth asking or telling your Floyd | interlocutor about. You may find it makes for better gameplay, Floyd | however, if you try asking and telling NPCs about the topics that Floyd | naturally occur to you, rather than treating conversations as a kind Floyd | of speech-maze to be navigated. Floyd | Floyd | For further details of conversational and other commands, see the "How Floyd | to Play Interactive Fiction" and "Playing this Game" menus. Floyd | Floyd | To see this menu again type HELP or ABOUT (the commands are equivalent Floyd | in this game). Floyd | Floyd | This post-comp release of The Elysium Enigma attempts to address some Floyd | of the main criticisms expressed by the comp reviewers, insofar as it Floyd | is possible to do that with relatively minor tweaks that don't affect Floyd | the structure of the game. Floyd | Floyd | [The End] | DavidW says, "Typo correction, eh? Not something I'm overfond of." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, me neither. Guess we'll see." | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "I am now aware of ClubFloyd." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of PG), "You weren't before?" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "The Moonlit Tower was the first time." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah, cool." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | Limax exclaims, "Woo! Peege is no longer a virgin!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | 2 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma incorporates Steve Breslin's Spelling Corrector Floyd | extension, which can correct some typos for you. For example, if you Floyd | type: Floyd | Floyd | >X PLIOT Floyd | Floyd | Then, depending on context, the game may be able to correct this to: Floyd | Floyd | >X PILOT Floyd | Floyd | And proceed to execute the appropriate command. This can be very Floyd | useful in correcting minor errors automatically, rather than Floyd | presenting you with a parser error and the need to retype a command, Floyd | but there are two things you should note about this feature: Floyd | Floyd | (1) This library extension (rightly) takes a conservative approach to Floyd | typo-correction, making only those corrections that are very likely to Floyd | be correct, rather than risking speculative corrections that were not Floyd | what the player intended. This means that you may often find that the Floyd | game does not correct a typo that looks obvious to you. In such a Floyd | case the reason is probably that the correction was not so obvious to Floyd | the algorithm used by the spelling corrector; it's far better not to Floyd | have the game "correct" your input to something you didn't intend and Floyd | execute a command you didn't want. Floyd | Floyd | (2) For this reason, no automatic typo correction occurs in Floyd | conversational commands (like ASK and TELL) and other such commands Floyd | where any input is potentially valid. For example, you can ask an NPC Floyd | about anything you like, so it would be highly annoying to have: Floyd | Floyd | >ASK BOB ABOUT LOVE Floyd | Floyd | "corrected" to: Floyd | Floyd | >ASK BOB ABOUT MOVE Floyd | Floyd | Which might happen if "move" but not "love" is one of the words Floyd | defined in the game's dictionary. Floyd | Floyd | (3) Should you find this typo-correction feature more of a hindrance Floyd | than a help you can disable it with the TYPO OFF command. Use TYPO ON | ParserGirl says, "!" | |||
Floyd | command to turn it back on (you can also use the bare TYPO command to Floyd | toggle the two states). Floyd | Floyd | [The End] | Limax says, "(Kidding)" | |||
| ParserGirl says, "I confess nothing!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "It's about time... I mean, HOW long ago did you get married?" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "Almost four months!" | ||||
| ghira asks (of pg), "did you tell Alex?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | Bert says, "If we start to see little ParserTots run around, you're going to have a hard time denying it." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "3" | ||||
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Floyd | Sometimes when you enter multiple commands on a single command line,
Floyd | the failure of one of the earlier commands renders the subsequent ones
Floyd | problematic or at least redundant. For example, suppose there's a
Floyd | troll who won't let you go north, but you enter two NORTH commands in
Floyd | succession:
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Floyd | The second message is really superfluous, since you probably didn't
Floyd | mean to try to go north twice from your present location, but rather
Floyd | to go north then go north again.
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Floyd | In other situations, this could be even more troubling. Suppose you
Floyd | enter a command line like:
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Floyd | >N.E.NE.TAKE BOTTLE. DRINK POTION.
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Floyd | If the first command fails, but travel east from your current location
Floyd | is possible, you could end up doing something quite different from
Floyd | what you intended.
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Floyd | To avoid this problem The Elysium Enigma cancels any subsequent
Floyd | commands on a command line if one of the commands fails. It does not
Floyd | however cancel the iteration of a command. So, for example, if you
Floyd | entered the command:
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Floyd | And DROP TROUSERS failed halfway through the list of items to be
Floyd | dropped ("You'd better not drop your trousers in public!"), the DROP
Floyd | command would continue through the list of other items that might be
Floyd | dropped, but the NORTH command would be cancelled (since a previous
Floyd | command had failed).
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Floyd | In most cases this behaviour will probably give better results than
Floyd | the normal library behaviour, but if you don't like it you can turn it
Floyd | off with the ABORT OFF command; all commands on the command line will
Floyd | then be executed even if one fails. You can also turn it on again
Floyd | with an ABORT ON command, or toggle between settings with a simple
Floyd | ABORT command.
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Floyd | [The End]
| ParserGirl says, "NO PARSERTOTS" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| ParserGirl says, "I hope it's not against the rules to sit in the corner like a lump because I'm going to hop onto the WiiFit in a bit." | ||||
| ghira says, "no parsertots: taken" | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | Jacqueline says, "Sure, PG. No problem." | |||
| Limax exclaims, "I have a problem with that!" | ||||
| Limax says, "My wife was 22nd in line for only 8 today" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "4" | ||||
Floyd | 4 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Credits Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve Floyd | Floyd | TADS 3 language and library by Michael J. Roberts. Floyd | TADS 3 Spelling Corrector by Steve Breslin with Andreas Sewe. Floyd | cQuotes by Stephen Granade. Floyd | Floyd | Many thanks to a splending team of beta-testers: Greg Boettcher, Floyd | Astrid Beulink, Michael Everson, Javri (aka Katzy), Chris Mullans, Floyd | Michel Nizette, Andreas Sewe, and Marc Simpson. Floyd | Floyd | Many thanks also to all who all those who reviewed the IF-Comp version Floyd | of this game (and especially Mike Snyder, for sending me his Floyd | transcripts); where possible, I have tried to take their main Floyd | criticisms on board in this update. Floyd | Floyd | [The End] | ParserGirl says, "Too bad!" | |||
| Bert says, "So make sure Limax doesn't here you not saying anything." | ||||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ParserGirl says, "My silence will be deafening." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "5" | ||||
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Floyd | The Elysium Enigma
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Floyd | Copyright (c) 2006 by Eric Eve
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Floyd | 1. This license grants you the right to use and distribute The
Floyd | Elysium Enigma ("the game") under the conditions outlined below. You
Floyd | cannot use or distribute the game if you do not agree with these
Floyd | conditions.
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Floyd | 2. The game, including any and all associated files as well as all of
Floyd | the output produced by the game, and all derivative works, is
Floyd | copyright (c) 2006 by Eric Eve.
Floyd |
Floyd | 3. Queries about the license should be addressed to the copyright
Floyd | holder, whose address at the time of writing is eric.eve@hmc.ox.ac.uk.
Floyd | If contact cannot be established, you may be able to locate the
Floyd | copyright holder via the rec.arts.int-fiction Internet newsgroup.
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Floyd | 4. You are allowed to use the game and make copies for your personal
Floyd | use without restrictions. You may also copy and distribute the game
Floyd | in any medium, as long as (a) you make no charge for doing so, and (b)
Floyd | the game, all associated files and this license are included and
Floyd | remain unmodified.
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Floyd | 5. You are not allowed to make a charge for distributing the game
Floyd | (other than merely to recover your media and distribution costs)
Floyd | whether as a stand-alone product, or as part of a compilation or
Floyd | anthology, without written permission.
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Floyd | 6. NO WARRANTY. The game is licensed and provided "as is" without
Floyd | warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited
Floyd | to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
Floyd | particular purpose or a warranty of non-infringement.
Floyd |
Floyd | [The End]
| Limax says (to ParserGirl), "Yeah. I hate Nintendo's sale tactics" | |||
| Bert says, "Here? Hear." | ||||
| Limax exclaims, "Here hear hier!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. I wonder if, based on #2, we shouldn't post the transcript!" | ||||
| Limax says, "I'm actually working on updateing IF Whispers while we're playing too" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Well, we can write Eric at the address provided." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "typo off" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Guess I will." | |||
| Nitku says (to Jacq), "I think it's just (c), which doesn't automatically restrict distribution" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
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| Bert pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | Floyd | 1. About this Game Floyd | 2. Automatic Typo Correction Floyd | 3. Abort on/off (for multiple commands) Floyd | 4. Credits Floyd | 5. License Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | p Floyd | Floyd | Information Floyd | Floyd | 1. Information about The Elysium Enigma Floyd | 2. Information for Players new to Interactive Fiction and/or TADS 3 Floyd | Games Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | Nitku says, "Doesn't hurt to ask, though" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought I quit. huh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | q Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve; version 2.03 (2007-03-05) Floyd | Floyd | Press I for instructions (recommended for new players). Floyd | Floyd | Press R to restore an existing saved game. Floyd | Floyd | Press Q to quit. Floyd | Floyd | Press any other key to start a new game. Floyd | Floyd | | Bert says, "Might want to wait until you get a real prompt." | |||
| Jacqueline pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | "There, sir," the shuttle pilot points to a tiny collection of Floyd | buildings nestling next to the river, "That's the town." Floyd | Floyd | "That's the town!" you cry, "Are you sure, sublieutenant?" Floyd | Floyd | "Quite sure, sir," the pilot assures you as she checks her Floyd | navigational instruments, "Which means our designated landing zone Floyd | should be just the other side of that forest." Floyd | Floyd | You let out a deep sigh as the shuttle carries out its final descent Floyd | over the farmland and turns to sweep over the multi-coloured trees. Floyd | It's not that you have any objection to walking per se, indeed the Floyd | prospect of a good brisk walk on a sunny morning is rather appealing Floyd | after four days cooped up in a frigate; it's being obliged to walk to Floyd | this meeting just to avoid upsetting the natives' technophobic Floyd | sensibilities that irritates you. Floyd | Floyd | The pilot now has the shuttle under manual control; she kills the Floyd | speed and drops the craft into a hollow just north of the forest. As Floyd | she finally cuts the engines she turns to you with a brisk smile. Floyd | "Right, here we are, sir," she announces cheerfully. Pointing to the Floyd | south she adds, "The town should be about a quarter of an hour's walk Floyd | that way. I think I spotted a path running more or less straight Floyd | through the forest, so you shouldn't have any difficulty finding it." Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," you reply laconically. You let out another sigh; but at Floyd | least this shouldn't take more than a couple of hours, then you'll be Floyd | away from this wretched backwater - hopefully for good. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Shuttle (sitting on the passenger seat) Floyd | The inside of the shuttle is not exactly spacious; there's room for Floyd | the pilot and three passengers, one beside the pilot and two behind. Floyd | The seats are comfortable enough, but otherwise it's all pretty basic. Floyd | There's not much in front of you except the forward window; the pilot Floyd | has a bank of instruments. Floyd | Floyd | The pilot is sitting next to you; she's turned to face you, as if Floyd | waiting for you to speak. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, jumped ahead - though I had one." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "typo off" | ||||
Floyd | Typo correction disabled. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about town" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you know about this place?" you ask her. Floyd | Floyd | "Only what I've heard, sir," she replies, "I've never been here Floyd | before. It does have quite an odd reputation, though, as I'm sure you Floyd | know. Something went horribly wrong in the past, but no-one wants to Floyd | talk about it. And now the natives refuse to use any technology Floyd | that's much more advanced than the wheel." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about natives" | ||||
Floyd | As you start your question the pilot lets out a wide yawn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about mission" | ||||
Floyd | "So, sublieutenant, what do you think about..." you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "Perhaps we should discuss that some other time, sir," the pilot Floyd | suggests, "right now you have a job to do." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about meeting" | ||||
Floyd | "About meetings..." you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "What about meetings, sir?" she replies warily. Floyd | Floyd | "Well..." you start, but something in her manner makes you trail off Floyd | as you realize your question wasn't all that important after all. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying nothing, and are wearing a purple belt and a white Floyd | uniform. The purple belt contains a drik. Your left pocket contains Floyd | an ID card. Your right pocket contains a crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the crumpled piece of paper from your right pocket) Floyd | After the standard preamble, it goes on: Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry to dump this on you, but the Federation crisis means that Floyd | we've had to pull all but skeleton resources out of this sector, and Floyd | you're the nearest Legion officer to hand. As a result, we need you Floyd | to include Elysium in your rounds. It's a sensitive planet - probably Floyd | one of the most sensitive settlements in the Empire - but provided you Floyd | go straight in and straight out and stick strictly to these orders you Floyd | shouldn't have any problems. Floyd | Floyd | The purpose of your visit is simply to remind the local leadership Floyd | that they are still part of the Empire and that we are still keeping Floyd | tabs on them; quite literally, you're just there to 'show the flag'. Floyd | To do this you'll need to make your way to the Legion office in what Floyd | passes for the settlement's capital, and, once there, hoist the Floyd | imperial flag above the building to show the local Elders that you're Floyd | open for business. One or more of them should then come to call on Floyd | you within the hour. When they do, be as diplomatic and courteous as Floyd | possible, but otherwise keep the conversation to a minimum. Inform Floyd | them in the simplest possible terms of the nature of the Federation Floyd | crisis, emphasising that the Empire will continue to guard them from Floyd | intrusion. Ask them if they have anything they want to raise with you. Floyd | Almost certainly they won't, apart from their standard grumbles about Floyd | imperial interference. Say as little as possible in reply beyond Floyd | promising to pass their comments on. Once you have completed this Floyd | conversation get out of there as quickly as you can. Floyd | Floyd | The most important thing to understand about the Elysians is that they Floyd | have made a religion of technophobia. Their idea of a paradisal Floyd | society is a pre-industrial society, so try not to flaunt any Floyd | technology you bring with you; the less the settlers see of any Floyd | thirtieth-century technology, the better you'll get on with them. Floyd | Floyd | Finally, I cannot stress too strongly that you should on no account Floyd | get involved in any of the internal affairs of Elysium, and that you Floyd | should if at all possible avoid any contact with any of the settlers Floyd | apart from the Elders who come to meet you. Terrible mistakes have Floyd | been made on Elysium in the past, and any problems that come up in the Floyd | present must be left to officers with a deep understanding of the Floyd | situation there, which does not include you. So, get in, keep the Floyd | chat nice and short, and get straight out again. Floyd | Floyd | I look forward to receiving your report in due course. Floyd | Subtribune G.F. Booker (C/O Sect PP12, ISL) Floyd | 13-Sep-2980. Floyd | Floyd | [Auth Code: ISL-GF-PPn342]" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | (If you'd prefer not to be notified about score changes in the future, Floyd | type NOTIFY OFF.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Huh - the response to meetings (which I assume it would generate for anything not covered in the coded topics) was a very nice touch." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Simple, but elegant." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about flag" | ||||
Floyd | "Where do you suppose I'll find this imperial flag I'm meant to be Floyd | hoisting?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "It'll be in the Legion building somewhere, sir," she assures you, Floyd | "I'm sure you won't have any trouble finding it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about elders" | ||||
Floyd | You ask your question about the Elders, but the pilot doesn't seem to Floyd | have anything interesting to say on the subject right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about id" | ||||
Floyd | She seems momentarily distracted, and apparently doesn't hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x id" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking your ID card from your left pocket) Floyd | Your ID card is a rectangle of white data-plastic about two Floyd | centimetres wide by four long. It bears a small photograph of you and Floyd | identifies you as Praefect Andrew Holt of the Imperial Sovereign Floyd | Legion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put id in left pocket" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x uniform" | ||||
Floyd | (your uniform) Floyd | Your uniform comprises a white tunic and matching white trousers. On Floyd | the left breast of the tunic is emblazoned a purple eagle, and though Floyd | you can't see them without the aid of a mirror, you know that there's Floyd | a purple patch on each collar, bearing your insignia of rank. Below Floyd | your belt the tunic has a pair of pockets. Your left pocket contains Floyd | an ID card. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x belt" | ||||
Floyd | It's a standard issue Sovereign Legion uniform belt, with a gold belt Floyd | buckle at the front. It contains a drik. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x drik" | ||||
Floyd | You have no idea where the name "drik" came from; so far as you know Floyd | that's what it's been called for centuries. The drik is a Floyd | multipurpose device that's issued to all Legion officers as standard. Floyd | Despite the natives' dislike of modern technology, this is one item Floyd | you're not prepared to go without - it was drummed into you at the Floyd | Legion Training School that a Legion Officer's drik is an integral Floyd | part of his uniform, never to be lost or surrendered under any Floyd | circumstances. Floyd | Floyd | The drik is vaguely dagger-shaped, with a black handle, on which are Floyd | four small coloured studs, and a slightly longer "blade", a flat Floyd | plastimetal strip that is not actually sharp enough to cut anything. Floyd | Floyd | The drik has one further function in addition to that provided by its Floyd | four studs: although you're unlikely to encounter much strange Floyd | technology on Elysium, if you do encounter something you're suspicious Floyd | of, pointing your drik at it may reveal something about its function. Floyd | Floyd | "I hope this isn't going to take too long, sir," the pilot remarks, Floyd | "The sooner we're out of here the happier I shall be!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Interesting premise." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "David You wanna drive for the most part?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Pretend I typed that correctly." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Not especially. I did want to get grounded in the premise, inventory, and goal." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Mmkay, I can try. Come rescue me if I get trapped in a puzzle or something." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x studs" | ||||
Floyd | There are four small studs round the base of the handle: one red, one Floyd | yellow, one green, and one blue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about drik'" | ||||
Floyd | (the pilot) Floyd | "Sublieutenant, I've been meaning to ask you about..." you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "Beg pardon, sir, but I thought we were both anxious to get out of Floyd | here, sir," she interrupts you, "So can we talk about that on the way Floyd | back to the ship once you've finished here?" Floyd | Floyd | "Okay," you nod. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "exit shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing up) Floyd | "Goodbye, sir," the pilot calls after you. Floyd | Floyd | You clamber out of the shuttle. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | You step out of the shuttle and feel the soil of Elysium pressing Floyd | against your boots. It feels good to be back on the surface of a Floyd | planet once more, and at first glance this planet looks welcoming Floyd | enough. The early autumn air is comfortably warm, and smells fresh, Floyd | if a little earthy, while the grass underfoot looks springy and green. Floyd | But what really strikes you is how quiet it is. Floyd | Floyd | Looking around, you speculate that your shuttle has just landed in Floyd | what was originally an impact crater. To the west the ground rises Floyd | quite sharply - more sharply than you care to climb - but there seems Floyd | to be a usable trail running north and south, and from what the pilot Floyd | said, it's the southern one you want. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "f x all studs" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x all studs" | ||||
Floyd | There are four small studs round the base of the handle: one red, one Floyd | yellow, one green, and one blue. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x red stud" | ||||
Floyd | The red stud is quite plain. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "grr" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Grr that it's not a fancy stud?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "We don't know the most basic functions of our tool without blind experiment?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, point." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push red stud" | ||||
Floyd | Pushing the red button will send an emergency distress signal which Floyd | will bring a squad of marines rushing to your rescue. If there isn't Floyd | actually an emergency you'll be in real trouble for wasting their Floyd | time. If there is a real emergency the marines can't possibly get Floyd | here in time, since they'd need to come down in a shuttle from the Floyd | orbiting frigate. So either way, you may as well leave that stud Floyd | alone. Floyd | Floyd | Don't forget, if you just want to test something with your drik, just Floyd | point the drik at it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "So, that button is useless! Huzzah!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push yellow stud" | ||||
Floyd | Do you really want to shoot yourself in the foot? You should only Floyd | press the yellow stud when the drik is aimed at someone you want to Floyd | stun. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "See? It's telling you what you need to know!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, yeah - let's stun our foot." | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, let's not" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding... we can't hike with a stunned foot.)" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green stud" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ooh... shiny." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | The drik goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, Elysium, or the Federation crisis, Floyd | or tell her about yourself.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "So, what do you make of this Federation business, sublieutenant?" you Floyd | ask her, "Will it be war do you think?" Floyd | Floyd | "I don't know, sir." she replies, "But if it is, at least we're well Floyd | out of it here!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about elysium" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you know anything else about Elysium, sublieutenant?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I thought the Sovereign Legion was meant to be the experts on that Floyd | kind of thing, sir," she replies pertly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pilot, bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm... That's a spanky feature. Nice." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But I guess we shouldn't whip it out in front of the natives." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So. Go hiking?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes, please. You pilot now." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | You leave the hollow and follow the dirt track down a ridge onto level Floyd | ground, where it runs on south between untended fields towards the Floyd | forest. This area looks like it may have been farmland once, but now Floyd | the fields are reverting to wilderness, and even the track is starting Floyd | to become overgrown. As you pause to take stock of your surroundings, Floyd | you wonder why the land has been allowed to go to waste. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "They're dead, Jim." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Dead dirt, you mean?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, the people." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except perhaps not." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm thinking of Blighted Isle, where the land became unfarmable too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Like, they're letting everything go and the clearing back there was all silent. Maybe the planet has no life." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x field" | ||||
Floyd | You see no field here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x fields" | ||||
Floyd | The fields on either side of the track are so overgrown as to be Floyd | impenetrable. They look as if they may once have been valuable arable Floyd | land, but now they are rapidly reverting to wilderness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sig." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "er, sigh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorry. I'm an implement everything junky." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | You stop to look round and try to reassure yourself that you're still Floyd | on the path the pilot told you about. You can't see any side trails Floyd | (though there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you could Floyd | leave the main path) so it's hard to see how you could have gone Floyd | wrong; and yet it doesn't quite feel right - but perhaps that's just Floyd | because you find it so disconcerting being forced to walk through a Floyd | forest for a routine meeting with local officialdom. Floyd | Floyd | Although the path has been straight enough so far, a short way ahead Floyd | it starts to twist. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "follow path" | ||||
Floyd | Which way do you want to go: north or south? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path twists and turns through the trees, but broadly continues Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The track becomes straighter and wider here as the trees become Floyd | sparser. They are now so widely spaced that you could easily wander Floyd | among them to east and west, and since they continue to thin out to Floyd | the south you surmise that you must be coming to the edge of the Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | While you are taking stock of your surroundings, you hear a sudden Floyd | rustling in the undergrowth. Your heart misses a beat as you see a Floyd | figure emerge from the trees and walk rapidly towards you. Under the Floyd | dirt and the tattered rags you recognize it as a young woman, and you Floyd | wonder if this is how all the settlers live. Floyd | Floyd | "Excuse me!" she cries, as she hurries up to you, "You're an Floyd | offworlder, aren't you? From the Empire?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes, or ask her who she is.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Nitku says, "it might be a good idea to turn EXITS ON because we can't see the status bar (where they're listed)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "exits on" | ||||
Floyd | The list of exits will now be shown in both the status line and in Floyd | each room description. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Nitku), "good thinking" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, that's right," you nod, "Why, is there a problem?" Floyd | Floyd | "Can't you see for yourself?" she demands, "As you can see, my clothes Floyd | are falling to rags, and I'm starving! I'm an outcast - no one from Floyd | round here will help me, and I daren't be caught stealing. But you're Floyd | an offworlder - so maybe - please, can you try to find me some new Floyd | clothes and something to eat?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes or no, refuse politely, offer to get help, or ask Floyd | her about food or clothes.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Eep - holy internal planetary affairs, Batman." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Um... refuse politely?" | ||||
| Bert asks, "#belated Did you try looking at the studs before pushing them?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "try it" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "I tried looking at one." | ||||
| Bert says, "Ah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Yeah, the one we looked at was 'quite plain.'" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "It wasn't helpful." | ||||
| Bert says, "Too bad." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "refuse politely" | ||||
Floyd | "Look, I'd like to help, but I really can't," you tell her, "I have my Floyd | orders you see - I'm not even meant to be talking with you, let alone Floyd | getting involved. Besides, I won't be here more than an hour or so." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, but it won't take you more than an hour or two to find me Floyd | something," she assures you, "The town isn't far away, and I'm sure Floyd | you can find something for me there." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "refuse politely" | ||||
Floyd | That command can't be used right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about her" | ||||
Floyd | "So, who are you?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm Leela," she tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask her about herself, the town, or Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about exile" | ||||
Floyd | "So, what can you tell me about... " you begin. Floyd | Floyd | "Well," she interrupts, "I think you should tell me something about Floyd | yourself before you ask me anything else." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about food" | ||||
Floyd | "Where am I meant to get food from?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Like I said, the town's the best bet," she reminds you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about town" | ||||
Floyd | "What will I find in the town?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Not much," she shrugs, "No one actually lives there; it's just for Floyd | meetings and markets. But that means things get stored there, so you Floyd | should be able to find me some food and clothes, without anyone there Floyd | to stop you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about elysium" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about this world?" you ask her. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, it's the only world I know, so I wouldn't know what to compare Floyd | it with," she begins, a little hesitantly. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "heh. So much for quick-in, quick-out, eh?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x woman" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. Floyd | She's smeared in dirt and her long dark hair flops lank and limp over Floyd | her shoulders. She looks like she might be quite pretty if she had a Floyd | good wash, but right now she's a mess. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is wearing some smelly rags. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I sort of suspected that might be the case... until I thought everything had died, then I thought the game might be either REALLY EASY or all about finding whether or not everyone had been raptured." | |||
| DavidW says, "I was kinda expecting something like this. Orders to not get involved will almost certainly mean we will get involved." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Helping this woman might mean people might think we're siding with whatever faction this woman might be part of, too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. So, the compassionate person I am thinks we get involved anyway. In fact, I'm not seeing much way around it. I mean, we could just walk away." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She's possibly a horrible murderer." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Not helping her will mean we're siding with an opposing faction." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I wonder why she was cast out." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leela why she was cast out" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Please use ASK ACTOR ABOUT Floyd | TOPIC (or just A TOPIC). Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "her about outcast" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about outcast" | ||||
Floyd | "What happened to you? Why are you wandering around half-naked in the Floyd | forest?" you want to know. Floyd | Floyd | "I asked too many questions," she replied, "the Elders don't like you Floyd | asking too many questions, so when I asked one too many they decided I Floyd | wasn't fit for Elysian society - so now I'm an outcast." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about questions" | ||||
Floyd | "What sort of questions did you ask that upset the Elders so much?" Floyd | you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, all sorts," she replies, "Why there are so many restrictions, why Floyd | they're so scared of change, why our ancestors came here, what Floyd | happened between Elysium and the Empire, why we've stayed such a small Floyd | community, why I can't choose my own husband... you name it, I've Floyd | probably asked it!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Let's just take her back to the shuttle and rescue her from this place." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Leela, follow me." | ||||
Floyd | "Follow me," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "Well - I can't follow you into town," she replies dubiously, "I Floyd | daren't be seen there!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | "No, no!" Leela stops you, "You need to go into town to find me some Floyd | new clothes and something to eat! The town isn't that way, it's that Floyd | way!" she points to the south. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay. So, she's not too bright." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So much for my alternate solution where Leela just disappears and no one really notices and everyone is happy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, um. I guess we walk away and when we come back through later with no food she'll stone us and devour our corpse. Got it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela waves to you, then turns and walks away, deeper into the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | Emerging from the forest you catch sight of the pathetic cluster of Floyd | buildings at the foot of the slope, and realize that this must be the Floyd | town where you're meant to be meeting with the Elders; on any other Floyd | world it wouldn't even rate as a hamlet. The centre of the town lies Floyd | straight down the slope to the south. Beyond the western edge of the Floyd | hillside you catch a glimpse of the river that flows on past the town, Floyd | while at your back is the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x buildings" | ||||
Floyd | The collection of buildings spread out below is apparently the nearest Floyd | approximation to a town anywhere on the planet, though on any other Floyd | world it would hardly even rate as a hamlet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||||
Floyd | The river flows down from the forest and runs along the western edge Floyd | of the town, before disappearing across the distant fields to the Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | The centre of Elysium's sole town looks no more impressive than it did Floyd | from a distance. The main street, running east-west, is simply the Floyd | baked mud space between buildings you could count on your fingers. Floyd | The track you've just walked down continues south between a neat white Floyd | building (to the east) and a large barn (to the west). Across the Floyd | street from the barn is an enclosed area that has the look of a Floyd | primitive market, while opposite the single-storey white building a Floyd | large wooden hall has shed most of its red paint. Overall this place Floyd | is more like your idea of some frontier trading post than a planetary Floyd | capital, and it seems totally deserted. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put paper in right pocket" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put drik in pocket" | ||||
Floyd | Which pocket do you mean, your right pocket, or your left pocket? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "right" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | It would fit better in your belt. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oh well" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x white building" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small, square, single-storey flat-roofed building, with a Floyd | flagpole jutting up from the roof. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That must be the Legion building." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Prolly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the purple door) Floyd | The purple door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x purple door" | ||||
Floyd | Affixed to the purple door is a neatly hand-painted sign, under which Floyd | is a small vertical slot. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read sign" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||||
Floyd | The sign reads "Imperial Sovereign Legion Office, Elysium" in neat Floyd | gold lettering. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The sign reads "Imperial Sovereign Legion Office, Elysium" in neat Floyd | gold lettering. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x slot" | ||||
Floyd | The small vertical slot is about two centimetres long. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Try using the ID card as the key." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Ooh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put ID in slot" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking your ID card from your left pocket) Floyd | A sharp click from the door indicates that it has just unlocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "For the record, I figured that out at the same second you did, even if my text posted second!" | |||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Not that it, was, um, difficult." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the purple door, then taking your ID card) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | You look round the clean, white office with a flood of relief, feeling Floyd | that you are at last back in civilization. Everything here looks Floyd | clean and neat and Legion-fashion. A large white desk, with a Floyd | standard built-in console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted Floyd | on the east wall. Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather Floyd | chair, while a pair of smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are Floyd | positioned in front of the desk, presumably for the benefit of Floyd | visitors. The main door is next to the window overlooking the street Floyd | to the north, while a staircase runs up against the south wall to a Floyd | hatch in the ceiling. A second door is set in the east wall, to the Floyd | left of the eagle, while a large portrait of the Emperor hangs Floyd | opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Actually, I guessed before seeing the door." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "phbbt" | ||||
| Limax asks, "There's a door?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x eagle" | ||||
Floyd | (the large golden eagle) Floyd | It's a large heraldic eagle, of the same pattern as the one on your Floyd | tunic, that represents the might of the Empire and the authority of Floyd | the Aquila dynasty who rule it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close main door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x hatch" | ||||
Floyd | It's a square hatch, set in the ceiling. It's closed. It's currently Floyd | locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unlock hatc" | ||||
Floyd | The word "hatc" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | (If this was an accidental misspelling, you can correct it by typing Floyd | OOPS followed by the corrected word now. Any time the story points Floyd | out an unknown word, you can correct a misspelling using OOPS as your Floyd | next command.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unlock hatch" | ||||
Floyd | Unlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I don't want the elders to see us using tech." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the hatch) Floyd | Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I'd go downstairs and point the drik at stuff. Probably help spill a few secrets." | |||
| DavidW says, "oh. The flag will be in the locker there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Solar panels? TECHNOLOGY!" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, wanna explore a bit before we hail the locals?" | ||||
| Nitku says, "ah, but the natives wouldn't know about the solar panels..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "True. They're sorta hidden." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I wanna explore before summoning the elders, yeah. We might not have a better chance." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Agreed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x desk" | ||||
Floyd | The desk is the familiar model you've seen in many Legion offices, Floyd | with a built-in console and a single shallow drawer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | It's a standard model console, with a 50 cm screen and a datatab slot. Floyd | On an ordinary world it would be connected to the planet-wide datanet, Floyd | but you doubt that such a thing exists on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x slot" | ||||
Floyd | It's about 8mm long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait" | ||||
Floyd | The portrait provides evidence that even on this insignificant world Floyd | someone is taking regular care of the Legion office, since it's a Floyd | portrait of Charles V, who ascended the throne only a few months ago. Floyd | He's a man of about thirty, trying to look formal despite the twinkle Floyd | in his eye, dressed in the traditional gold-trimmed purple cloak and Floyd | golden laurel-wreath crown of his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the drawer reveals a purple datatab and a pair of safety pins. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look behind portrait" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual behind the portrait of the Emperor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at eagle" | ||||
Floyd | Which eagle do you mean, the eagle on your tunic, or the eagle on the Floyd | wall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wall" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the large golden eagle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at console" | ||||
Floyd | A stream of coloured dots runs along the blade of the drik and Floyd | disappears into the handle; but this is just what you'd expect for the Floyd | console. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at me" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at portrait" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "point drik at slot" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the portrait of the Emperor. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the slot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at datatab" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the purple datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "point drik at drik" | ||||
Floyd | You can't point the drik at itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry. Been beta testing too much lately." | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. This pointing business isn't yielding much info yet." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take all from drawer" | ||||
Floyd | purple datatab: Taken. Floyd | pair of safety pins: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, we are on a planet devoid of technology, so." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put datatab in console" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays: "Please enter your Authorization Code: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter code" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | You need to enter the actual code, not the words "code". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read id" | ||||
Floyd | Your ID card is a rectangle of white data-plastic about two Floyd | centimetres wide by four long. It bears a small photograph of you and Floyd | identifies you as Praefect Andrew Holt of the Imperial Sovereign Floyd | Legion. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read id" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read paper" | ||||
Floyd | Your ID card is a rectangle of white data-plastic about two Floyd | centimetres wide by four long. It bears a small photograph of you and Floyd | identifies you as Praefect Andrew Holt of the Imperial Sovereign Floyd | Legion. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | (first taking the crumpled piece of paper from your right pocket) Floyd | After the standard preamble, it goes on: Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sorry to dump this on you, but the Federation crisis means that Floyd | we've had to pull all but skeleton resources out of this sector, and Floyd | you're the nearest Legion officer to hand. As a result, we need you Floyd | to include Elysium in your rounds. It's a sensitive planet - probably Floyd | one of the most sensitive settlements in the Empire - but provided you Floyd | go straight in and straight out and stick strictly to these orders you Floyd | shouldn't have any problems. Floyd | Floyd | The purpose of your visit is simply to remind the local leadership Floyd | that they are still part of the Empire and that we are still keeping Floyd | tabs on them; quite literally, you're just there to 'show the flag'. Floyd | To do this you'll need to make your way to the Legion office in what Floyd | passes for the settlement's capital, and, once there, hoist the Floyd | imperial flag above the building to show the local Elders that you're Floyd | open for business. One or more of them should then come to call on Floyd | you within the hour. When they do, be as diplomatic and courteous as Floyd | possible, but otherwise keep the conversation to a minimum. Inform Floyd | them in the simplest possible terms of the nature of the Federation Floyd | crisis, emphasising that the Empire will continue to guard them from Floyd | intrusion. Ask them if they have anything they want to raise with you. Floyd | Almost certainly they won't, apart from their standard grumbles about Floyd | imperial interference. Say as little as possible in reply beyond Floyd | promising to pass their comments on. Once you have completed this Floyd | conversation get out of there as quickly as you can. Floyd | Floyd | The most important thing to understand about the Elysians is that they Floyd | have made a religion of technophobia. Their idea of a paradisal Floyd | society is a pre-industrial society, so try not to flaunt any Floyd | technology you bring with you; the less the settlers see of any Floyd | thirtieth-century technology, the better you'll get on with them. Floyd | Floyd | Finally, I cannot stress too strongly that you should on no account Floyd | get involved in any of the internal affairs of Elysium, and that you Floyd | should if at all possible avoid any contact with any of the settlers Floyd | apart from the Elders who come to meet you. Terrible mistakes have Floyd | been made on Elysium in the past, and any problems that come up in the Floyd | present must be left to officers with a deep understanding of the Floyd | situation there, which does not include you. So, get in, keep the Floyd | chat nice and short, and get straight out again. Floyd | Floyd | I look forward to receiving your report in due course. Floyd | Subtribune G.F. Booker (C/O Sect PP12, ISL) Floyd | 13-Sep-2980. Floyd | Floyd | [Auth Code: ISL-GF-PPn342]" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, you - right." | |||
| Limax asks, "Have we seen a code somwhere?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter ISL-GF-PPn342" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The screen displays: "Authorization Code Correct! Access permitted. Floyd | " Floyd | Floyd | The console screen displays a recent report on the status of Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | The summary page tells you that the current population of the planet Floyd | is a mere 11,345 (as of the latest count, last year), and that Elysium | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, on that." | |||
Floyd | has the lowest GDP per head of any planet of the Empire by a very long Floyd | way. The population apparently peaked at around fifteen thousand Floyd | about a century ago and has been declining slowly ever since (there's Floyd | a link to a lengthy social-scientific analysis of this, but you're Floyd | content with the summary, which suggests that the society has simply Floyd | become too stagnant). The prognosis is that within a century or two Floyd | Elysian society will have become non-viable and the Empire will be Floyd | able (and obliged) to move in with a fresh bunch of settlers and make Floyd | something of the world (though this is not to be communicated to any Floyd | of the current inhabitants) but in the meanwhile, the Elysians are to Floyd | be left alone to decay as they wish, since there must be no repetition Floyd | of past tragedies (there's a link to a file explaining this in more Floyd | detail, but it turns out you don't have the security clearance to read Floyd | it). The summary ends with an instruction to all imperial personnel Floyd | operating on Elysium to keep contact and interference to the bare Floyd | minimum required to monitor the status of Elysian society and ensure Floyd | no outside interference. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Oh geez..." | |||
| Limax says, "I'd forgotten how verbose Eric is" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Aw. I like verbosity. Then again, anyone who's played anything I've ever written knows that and probably makes a similar complaint." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think it leads to a more immersive world most of the time." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And Eric's doing a good job of that so far." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "His only real slip up so far was forgetting a singular synonym for a plural scenery object and that's really, really minor." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anyway." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm wondering if, before we raise the flag, we should explore town." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Because no one lives here, after all." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We should turn the console off" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take datatab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the purple datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, sure." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put datatab in drawer" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the drawer) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I take it you're wanting to not go find food and be naughty." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, I bet it can play out either way." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, probably." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Given what he said in the intro." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm getting rather hungry. I didn't have any lunch." | ||||
| inky arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "Go get something." | |||
| DavidW says, "thanks, I will." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's mostly just you and I playing, and I can wait a few." | ||||
| Limax says, "Unfortunately I'm a skimmer" | ||||
| Limax says (to floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x eagle" | ||||
Floyd | (the large golden eagle) Floyd | It's a large heraldic eagle, of the same pattern as the one on your Floyd | tunic, that represents the might of the Empire and the authority of Floyd | the Aquila dynasty who rule it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Just FYI - we're on hold." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search eagle" | ||||
Floyd | (the purple eagle) Floyd | There's nothing unusual in the purple eagle. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, whoops" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "For just a few minutes." | ||||
| Limax says, "oh... whoosp" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "David's getting some lunch. He'll be right back." | ||||
| Limax says, "I missed that in the recall" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He and I were the only two really playing at the time. :)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He's usually not long when he goes to get food." | ||||
| Limax nods | ||||
| Limax says, "I'm doing a lot of multitasking, so I missed that" | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. "No worries." | ||||
| DavidW says, "back" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "woo" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, looks like Limax and inkster wanna play, too." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So it's really just the two of us this week?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "timing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| inky says, "I've actually played this already" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "They tried to join in while you were gone." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of inky), "Oh?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Like, recently enough, I guess, that you're just watching?" | ||||
| inky says, "well, it was a comp game" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Yeah, but awhile ago, right?" | ||||
| inky says, "yeah, but -- I don't want to spoil anything" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | ||||
| inky says, "I will cheerfully poke around the edges, though" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Limax, we're on again." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was about to say, 'Well, I'm always up for a cheerful poke,' but it sounded wrong." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Wanna go esplore the town?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You needn't have all waited for me. Now I feel guilty." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes, please." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh wait. SAVE." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, good point." | ||||
| Nitku says, "You've seen about 1/5 of the game, so exploring might be a good idea" | ||||
| Jacqueline clears the save counter. | Jacqueline asks (of inky), "How's the counter work again?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Does it just monitor our save number, or can we make it do the saving?" | ||||
| inky says, "do >PUSH SAVE to save" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sexay." | |||
| inky says, "(and then >PUSH RESTORE to restore)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Very sexay." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thanks." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "leave" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, what was in the east room, btw?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the green door) Floyd | The green door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Didn't look, I don't think. Wanna go back before we explore?" | |||
| DavidW says, "please" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf1" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the east door) Floyd | Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "neato" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under chest" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x robot" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the chest of drawers. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | It's one of those small cylindrical jobs, basic but robust. Floyd | Presumably it carries out the routine maintenance and cleaning in this Floyd | building. There's a yellow sticker attached to it. It's currently Floyd | plugged into the wall, charging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the wardrobe. Floyd | Floyd | It strikes you that you should really hurry up and get that flag Floyd | hoisted over the Legion Building, like your orders said. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "read sticker" | ||||
Floyd | The sticker reads, "Last maintenance check 14-Mar-80: Fixed glitch in Floyd | laundry program." Under the notation is a Harcourt Research Logo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x logo" | ||||
Floyd | The logo depicts a pair of spaceships orbiting a sun in a manner that Floyd | resembles a pair of electrons orbiting an atomic nucleus. The Floyd | intention is presumably to convey that Harcourt Research's Floyd | technological competence encompasses all scales. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open drawers" | ||||
Floyd | bottom drawer: Opening the bottom drawer reveals a plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | top drawer: Opening the top drawer reveals a duvet. Floyd | Floyd | middle drawer: Opening the middle drawer reveals a fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We could make a toga for the chyk in the woods!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I am mostly kidding. Mostly." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Let's hope the laundry error didn't destroy our flag." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm - you may have a point." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We could go look in the locker." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Actually, the toga idea might be valid, for all I know." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search sheet" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing unusual in the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The locker might even be locked." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Possibly, yeah. Hence my 'only mostly kidding' bit. Let's take the sheet." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search towel" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing unusual in the fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search duvet" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing on the duvet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take sheet" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Moving the plain white sheet reveals an imperial flag Floyd | underneath. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under duvet" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the duvet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under towel" | Jacqueline says, "Oho" | |||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take flag" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flag" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You know that the imperial flag depicts a large golden eagle on a Floyd | purple background, though it's a little difficult to tell that while Floyd | it's folded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wave flag" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unfold flag" | ||||
Floyd | You unfold the imperial flag. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x flag" | ||||
Floyd | The imperial flag depicts a large golden eagle on a purple background. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Wonder what's in the locker, then." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold it" | ||||
Floyd | You fold the imperial flag. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "good question" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I want to go see." | ||||
| DavidW says, "'I.O.U. one imperial flag - Harcourt Industries Magic Laundromat rep 329874B'" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oops" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x panels" | ||||
Floyd | The array of four solar panels at the east end of the roof is arranged Floyd | to catch as much sunlight as possible during the course of the day. Floyd | You suspect that they convert the sun's energy into electricity using Floyd | photovoltaic cells, and that the power is then stored in batteries. Floyd | These panels wouldn't give enough power for continuous use all the Floyd | year round, but they probably generate enough for the few days a year Floyd | on which this building is actually used. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "point drik at panels" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the solar panels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "point drik at panels" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the solar panels. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "press green" | ||||
Floyd | The drik goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put drik on belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "curse" | ||||
Floyd | The word "curse" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "fuck" | ||||
Floyd | The word "fuck" is not necessary in this story. Using obscenities may | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open locker" | ||||
Floyd | make you feel better, but it won't progress the game! Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Opening the locker reveals a white pillowcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Hee hee" | |||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x pillowcase" | ||||
Floyd | It's just an ordinary plain pillowcase of the sort used to put pillows Floyd | in. It's freshly laundered and neatly folded. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unfold it" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the white pillowcase) Floyd | You unfold the white pillowcase. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put it on head" | ||||
Floyd | You can't manipulate it in any way; it's simply part of your ID card. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "weird" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "put pillowcase on head" | ||||
Floyd | You can't manipulate it in any way; it's simply part of your ID card. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Aha. So you were right, David." | |||
| inky says, "oh, I see" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "wear pillowcase" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in pillowcase" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wear sheet" | ||||
Floyd | The white pillowcase contains a tiny black object. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You wrap the sheet round yourself like a toga, but the style doesn't Floyd | go with your uniform, and in any case the sheet quickly slips off Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fold sheet" | ||||
Floyd | You fold the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "So much for playing superman" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x object" | DavidW says, "We have safety pins, y'know." | |||
Floyd | You almost missed it, it's so tiny. It's round and black and smaller Floyd | than a pea, and could easily be mistaken for an innocuous piece of Floyd | dirt. But it also looks suspiciously artificial. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Toga! Toga! Toga!" | |||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So we do - I think the toga thing might be for the chyk after all." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get object" | DavidW asks, "wait. Object?" | |||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x object" | ||||
Floyd | You almost missed it, it's so tiny. It's round and black and smaller Floyd | than a pea, and could easily be mistaken for an innocuous piece of Floyd | dirt. But it also looks suspiciously artificial. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "it was in the pillowcase" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh." | ||||
| Limax says, "I missed that" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at object" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | The drik blade flashes red and emits a little beep, indicating that Floyd | you have discovered a listening device. The next question is where Floyd | the receiver is; given the limited range of such a tiny listening Floyd | device it can't be too far away from where the bug was planted - Floyd | somewhere else in the town perhaps. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "do we have a magnifying glass?" | |||
| Limax says, "But I'm a skimmer" | ||||
| Limax says, "And I already meantioned that" | ||||
| inky says (to Limax), "you did, but I missed it" | ||||
| DavidW says, "A bug!" | ||||
| olethros arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | Limax says, "Ha ha" | |||
| Limax exclaims (at DavidW), "Quick! Send a report!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "break device" | ||||
Floyd | It's tougher than it looks. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||
| Limax says (to Floyd), "Wear device" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Pfft" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Maybe we can flush it away? How does the toilet work in hicksville?" | ||||
| inky says, "just don't say anything incriminating until you find the receiver" | ||||
| inky asks, "also, did we raise the flag yet?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Nope." | ||||
| Limax says, "Raise the flag and see how it flies" | ||||
| DavidW says, "not yet. We need to get rid of the device." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we were thinking of exploring more. I guess we could save again and then try." | ||||
| inky says, "it's funny how bad IF protagonists are at accomplishing the one task they get given at the beginning of the game" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf2" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. The top drawer Floyd | contains a duvet. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "fly flag" | ||||
Floyd | You pop your head into the bathroom, and note that it neatly contains Floyd | all the essential facilities in the minimum of space, but since you Floyd | don't want to wash or relieve yourself right now, there's nothing here Floyd | you need, so you return to the bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You need to attach the flag to something before hoisting it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, oops." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I shall let you drive." | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. virtual bathroom." | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "you want to summon the elders when the bug is here?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, that's why I saved." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But no, not necessarily." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw device" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to throw it at? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "town" | ||||
Floyd | The town is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw device off roof" | ||||
Floyd | You see no off roof here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Throw it in the river?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||||
Floyd | The river runs sluggishly from northwest to south, bending just Floyd | upstream of where the bridge once used to cross it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at device" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | The drik blade flashes red and emits a little beep, indicating that Floyd | you have discovered a listening device. The next question is where Floyd | the receiver is; given the limited range of such a tiny listening Floyd | device it can't be too far away from where the bug was planted - Floyd | somewhere else in the town perhaps. Floyd | Floyd | The blue stud on your drik starts flashing, indicating that someone is Floyd | trying to contact you; to accept the call, press the blue stud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, sir, it's Sublieutenant Soolin," your pilot announces. "I was Floyd | just wondering how you were getting on with the mission, sir. Have Floyd | you completed your discussions with the Elders yet?" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pilot, no" | Jacqueline says, "Pushy, pushy.'" | |||
Floyd | Nothing obvious happens. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "don't you have a stun bursty thing from the drik?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No, I haven't come across any Elders yet," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "You have hoisted the flag, haven't you, sir?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No I haven't got round to it yet," you admit. Floyd | Floyd | "Don't you think you should be making it your top priority, sir?" she Floyd | asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No, I have other things I need to look into first," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, if you say so, sir," she replies dubiously, "but if I were in Floyd | your place I wouldn't delay too long in carrying out my orders!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait a tick. Who's the supervisor here, Soolin?" | |||
| inky asks, "did you try zapping the bug with the stun?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Damnit." | ||||
| inky says, "sorry, you can always undo a couple times" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't want to talk to the pilot while the bug is here!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bug in river" | ||||
Floyd | You don't want to put the tiny black bug in the river; you might never Floyd | be able to recover it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait, we would want to recover it?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm." | ||||
| DavidW says, "no, that's probably a standard message." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Then that's... hm." | ||||
| inky says, "I'm not actually sure it's possible to destroy it in this game" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x drink" | ||||
Floyd | You see no drink here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "eat bug" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "oops drik" | ||||
Floyd | Although you probably could swallow it whole, that might not be a very Floyd | good idea. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can only use OOPS to correct a misspelling immediately after the Floyd | story points out a word it doesn't know. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "My impulse is to destroy this thing or lose it; I guess Eric thought otherwise." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x drik" | ||||
Floyd | The drik is vaguely dagger-shaped, with a black handle, on which are Floyd | four small coloured studs, and a slightly longer "blade", a flat Floyd | plastimetal strip that is not actually sharp enough to cut anything. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push yellow" | ||||
Floyd | Whom do you want to shoot with it? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "bug" | ||||
Floyd | There's no point trying to shoot that; you can't stun a tiny black Floyd | bug. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at barn" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the barn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at shack" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the tumbledown shacks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "whoops, sorry, go ahead" | |||
| DavidW asks, "no, it's fine. What did you want to do?" | ||||
| inky says, "oh, I was just going to shoot the bug with all the buttons" | ||||
| inky says, "to see if any helped" | ||||
| inky says, "but maybe you've tried them all" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The buttons are emergency, stun, lightsource, and talk-to-pilot." | ||||
| inky says, "I guess emergency would be a poor choice" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop bug" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | The drik light goes out to conserve power. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about bug" | ||||
Floyd | You see no pilot here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, or tell Floyd | her about yourself, Leela, the robot, the town, or the bug.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a tiny black bug hidden in a pillowcase in the Legion Floyd | Office," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "Great galloping galaxies, who could have done that, sir?" she Floyd | wonders. Floyd | Floyd | "I don't know, sublieutenant" you reply, "But it's certainly worrying. Floyd | No one on this planet is meant to have anything like that level of Floyd | technology." Floyd | Floyd | "Then it must have been planted there by someone from offworld, sir," Floyd | she deduces. Floyd | Floyd | "That's just what I was thinking, sublieutenant," you agree, "and I've Floyd | just thought of something else. The domestic robot in the bedroom has Floyd | got a Harcourt Research maintenance sticker on it, so we know a Floyd | Harcourt Research engineer has been in the building recently." Floyd | Floyd | "I see your point, sir," she acknowledges. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think of Harcourt Research, sublieutenant?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "From what point of view, sir?" she asks, "They make a lot of decent Floyd | products, but as a corporation they stink, as I'm sure I have no need Floyd | to tell you! I mean, Senator Harcourt has been arrested for treason!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about senator" | ||||
Floyd | "What was that, sir?" she asks, "I'm afraid I didn't quite copy." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about senator harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "Maybe now isn't the best time to discuss that, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "As you say, sublieutenant, Senator Harcourt's been arrested for Floyd | treason," you muse, "Among other things, his Federation links are Floyd | under the microscope. I wonder - his massive multiplanetary Floyd | conglomerate had a reputation for swallowing things even before the Floyd | good Senator got himself arrested; could Harcourt Research have had Floyd | designs on Elysium?" Floyd | Floyd | "I hardly see how, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin protests, "Anywhere that Floyd | offered fewer prospects for a hi-tech company like Harcourt Research Floyd | would be impossible to imagine!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "Obviously Harcourt Research wouldn't find much of a market on Floyd | Elysium, and obviously they wouldn't find much use for native labour Floyd | either, but apart from the tiny area of cultivated land, there's a Floyd | whole unexploited world out there," you point out, "Could it have Floyd | something they want? Some valuable raw material perhaps?" Floyd | Floyd | "With respect, sir, aren't you extrapolating rather wildly beyond the Floyd | evidence?" Sublieutenant Soolin points out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about evidence" | ||||
Floyd | Her reply is lost in a burst of static. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | It's already plain enough that she's not that impressed by your Floyd | speculations about Harcourt Research, so there's no point repeating Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pilot, bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, that was somewhat elucidating." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we should explore the town and see if we can find the receiver." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Agreed." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Barn first?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the barn door) Floyd | The barn door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barn" | ||||
Floyd | It's the largest building at this end of the town, perhaps some nine Floyd | or ten metres high; it's basically a plain wooden structure with its Floyd | gable end presented to the street. Since it's just across the street Floyd | from the market area, you surmise that it's probably used to store Floyd | produce for the market. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x barn door" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a big barn door. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x gable" | ||||
Floyd | It's the largest building at this end of the town, perhaps some nine Floyd | or ten metres high; it's basically a plain wooden structure with its Floyd | gable end presented to the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was thinking there might be food in there too." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "How to get in, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Assuming our key doesn't do a damn thing here." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "what key?" | ||||
| Limax says, "c#" | ||||
| inky says, "by "key" she means "a kick to the door"" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "whistle" | ||||
Floyd | The word "whistle" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline groans at Limax. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kick barn door" | ||||
Floyd | It seems singularly impervious to your attack, Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax wipes his face | |||
| DavidW asks, "comma?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the trestle table are a carrot and a parsnip. Floyd | Floyd | A large black dog is sniffing around, scavenging for food. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In The dog charges up to you Floyd | and starts snapping at your heels. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take food" | ||||
Floyd | parsnip: The dog growls at you so fiercely as your hand approaches the Floyd | parsnip that you decide you'd better leave it alone. Floyd | Floyd | carrot: The dog growls at you so fiercely as your hand approaches the Floyd | carrot that you decide you'd better leave it alone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Puzzle." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Stun?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, we could stun the dog, yeah." | ||||
| Bert says, "You guys are just crazy. I mean, you *know* how dogs love their parsnips." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ugly black mongrel with fierce-looking teeth. He's scavenging Floyd | for food. Floyd | Floyd | The dog sniffs round the table. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "True dat." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shed" | ||||
Floyd | The small wooden shed might be for storage, or it might be some sort Floyd | of stall. Either way it's a crude wooden structure with a plain Floyd | wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | The dog leaps up on the table and snatches the parsnip. Then it drops Floyd | back down and starts chewing it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ACK" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stun dog" | ||||
Floyd | (with the drik) Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | The dog lets out a startled whine, then topples over with legs Floyd | splaying. His legs give a final couple of twitches, and then he lies Floyd | still. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take food" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take parsnip" | Limax says, "Aw..." | |||
Floyd | You see no parsnip here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Right, and now the dog's going to starve to death when it wakes up." | |||
| Limax calls PETA | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, we have food and sheet. Go visit the chyk?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase, a Floyd | drik, and a carrot. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "uh, mission?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh screw the mission." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Heh" | ||||
| Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||
| ParserGirl goes home. | DavidW says, "The chyk is not our ma... oh." | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Or do the mission, I guess." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'll have to report this treason." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Limax says, "snrk" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open shack" | ||||
Floyd | You see no shack here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open shed" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the hut Floyd | Two people standing inside this tiny hut would be cramped; three would Floyd | be excessively intimate. It is almost completely bare apart from a Floyd | small hook fixed to the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | A folded piece of cloth lies on the floor of the hut. Floyd | Floyd | A fishing rod is leaning against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | On the small hook is a small iron key. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put dirk in belt" | ||||
Floyd | The word "dirk" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "oops drik" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell" | ||||
Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hook" | ||||
Floyd | For some reason the small hook has a very sharp point. On the small Floyd | hook is a small iron key. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move sheet" | ||||
Floyd | Moving the plain white sheet has no effect. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sheet" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the hut Floyd | Two people standing inside this tiny hut would be cramped; three would Floyd | be excessively intimate. It is almost completely bare apart from a Floyd | small hook fixed to the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | A folded piece of cloth lies on the floor of the hut. Floyd | Floyd | A fishing rod is leaning against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cloth" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Catena arrives, full of fun and funk. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloth" | ||||
Floyd | It's little more than a strip of folded grey cloth. It would be quite Floyd | useless for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look up" | ||||
Floyd | There's no need to look in a specific direction in this game; a simple Floyd | LOOK command will do. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the hut Floyd | Two people standing inside this tiny hut would be cramped; three would Floyd | be excessively intimate. It is almost completely bare apart from a Floyd | small hook fixed to the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | A fishing rod is leaning against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unfold cloth" | ||||
Floyd | You unfold the piece of cloth. Inside the cloth you find a small Floyd | wedge of cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cheese" | ||||
Floyd | It's a deep yellow colour, and is a hard cheese, like some kind of Floyd | cheddar. It smells quite strong, but by no means unappetizing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "rub cheese" | ||||
Floyd | That doesn't achieve much. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rod" | ||||
Floyd | It's quite crude, comprising a long wooden pole with a line attached. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "one of these days I'll find a magic cheese, and then you'll all be sorry" | |||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||||
| Limax says, "I think I'm going to take off... should jump on the treadmill some" | ||||
| Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold cloth" | ||||
Floyd | You fold the piece of cloth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase, a Floyd | carrot, a small iron key, and a piece of cloth. You're wearing a Floyd | purple belt and a white uniform. The purple belt contains a drik. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl arrives, full of funk, but no fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cloth, carrot in pillowcase" | ||||
Floyd | piece of cloth: Done. Floyd | carrot: Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Catena has joined the channel. | |||
| DavidW asks, "oh, we're carrying the flag still, eh?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "ha ha, did we really not raise it still?" | |||
| inky says, "I thought I was just lying to her" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Jacqueline's offline." | ||||
| DavidW says, "They're rebooting." | ||||
| inky says, "no wonder she didn't get the flag up" | ||||
| PerrySimm goes home. | ||||
| Jacqueline waves and makes an isquiesque departure for home. | DavidW says, "I'm logging now" | |||
| inky says, "ah, good" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rubbish" | ||||
Floyd | Scraps of rotten fruit and vegetables mingle with bits of straw and Floyd | mud, none of it any use for anyone but worms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | You find a little worm wriggling among the scraps. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get worm" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess we can go fishing" | |||
| DavidW asks, "I guess so. But why?" | ||||
| inky asks, "fish = food?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We have food, at least a little." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Unless we're meant to teach about fishing." | ||||
| inky asks, "hm, so we don't we go feed the girl then?" | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says, "give an NPC a carrot and you solve a puzzle for a day, but teach them to fish and you solve a puzzle for life" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yah" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock barn door with key" | ||||
Floyd | Unlocked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the barn door) Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Barn (in the dark) Floyd | Hardly any light finds its way in here, apart the little that leaks in Floyd | through the doorway to the north, so you can discern little except Floyd | vague shapes in the large dark space. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | An old brown sack lies abandoned by the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sack" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a rough old brown sack, but it is quite large. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in it" | ||||
Floyd | The old brown sack contains an apple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shutter" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a plain wooden shutter, mounted on the east wall. It's Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | Ellison says, "haha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x shutter" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a plain wooden shutter, mounted on the east wall. It's Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | (the green stud) Floyd | The drik goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You start to climb the ladder, but as you're about half way up, a rung Floyd | gives way beneath you; you fall onto the next one down and that breaks Floyd | too, and then you tumble back down to the ground, bringing the bottom Floyd | half of the ladder with you as it crumbles into a heap of fragments. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "u". Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" | ||||
Floyd | The platform is a raised area at the southern end of the barn's Floyd | interior; it's about four metres off the floor, so from down here you Floyd | can't really see what's on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You jump a little, and land back where you started. Floyd | Floyd | The blue stud on your drik starts flashing, indicating that someone is Floyd | trying to contact you; to accept the call, press the blue stud. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, sir, it's Sublieutenant Soolin," your pilot announces. "I've Floyd | been thinking about that bug you found," she tells you, "I've looked Floyd | up the data on the range of that kind of device, and I've been Floyd | checking it against the plans of the town on our onboard datastore. I Floyd | reckon the best place for someone to have hidden the receiver would be Floyd | high up in the barn." Floyd | Floyd | (You could thank her, ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, Floyd | or tell her about yourself, Leela, the robot, or the town.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "thank her" | ||||
Floyd | "Thank you, sublieutenant, that's useful," you reply. "I'll follow it Floyd | up." Floyd | Floyd | "We only aim to serve, sir," she replies pertly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soolin, bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "so. How to get up there." | |||
| inky says, "I think the three standard ways are 1) ladder 2) rope and grapple 3) climb something (like a wagon)" | ||||
| inky says, "or a crate" | ||||
| Catena asks, "jump up from the window sill?" | ||||
| inky says, "oh, yeah, also a good one" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb shutter" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can climb. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter window" | ||||
Floyd | You see no window here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter shutter" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cry" | ||||
Floyd | The word "cry" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ladder" | ||||
Floyd | It's a plain wooden ladder running vertically up to the platform. It Floyd | looks a little rough, and a closer examination suggests it may also be Floyd | a little rotten. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "stand on window?" | |||
| DavidW says, "no window" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on shutter" | ||||
Floyd | You can't stand on that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Did you try your magical levitation powers?" | |||
| inky asks, "what's the shutter?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fly" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to fly? Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "the shed didn't have a ladder or anything in it, right?" | |||
| Bert asks, "Or have you not yet gotten to the part where you find out that you're half faerie creature?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "the shutter is like a glassless shutter" | ||||
Floyd | The word "glassless" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "(And the other half? Bear.)" | |||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "The ladder breaks." | ||||
| Catena asks, "climb using the sides, like a fireman's pole, rather than the rungs? brace the rungs?" | ||||
| inky says, "half faerie, half bear-y" | ||||
| PerrySimm arrives, ready to play with the toys. | inky says (to DavidW), "yeah, so is there a different ladder, I mean" | |||
| Jacqueline arrives, ready to play with the toys. | DavidW says (to Catena), "If you can figure out how to phrase that to tell game, try it." | |||
| Bert asks, "Oops. Was anyone logging while Perry was out?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm kinda dubious though." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "yes, I'm logging now." | ||||
| DavidW says, "But it would be best if Perry resumes, since my log will be dirty with cruft." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Yeah, I got knocked offline, but phoned David and asked him to log." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We had to reboot our modem for some reason. Weird. Usually if it goes out it just totally goes out, rather than just going temporarily wonky." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to David), "Yeah, I'll resume. Just send me from here back to the spot where I dropped out, please." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "recap: We found key to barn, cheese, apple in sack, worm, fishing pole, reason to believe receiver is at barn platform but ladder is rotten." | ||||
| Catena asks, "can we bring what's on the platform (if anything) to us?" | ||||
| Catena asks, "fish for it?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can try." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the hut Floyd | Two people standing inside this tiny hut would be cramped; three would Floyd | be excessively intimate. It is almost completely bare apart from a Floyd | small hook fixed to the west wall. Floyd | Floyd | A fishing rod is leaning against the wall. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take rod" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take hook" | ||||
Floyd | The hook is screwed firmly to the wall of the booth. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unscrew hook" | ||||
Floyd | You unscrew the hook from the wall of the hut and take it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie line to hook" | ||||
Floyd | You attach the hook to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cast line at platform" | ||||
Floyd | The fishing line cannot be moved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to fish in? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "platform" | ||||
Floyd | (with the fishing rod) Floyd | You can't reach it from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Doesn't look like the fishing works that way." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bait hook with worm" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" | ||||
Floyd | (fishing in the river) Floyd | (with the fishing rod) Floyd | What good luck! After a few minutes you get a bite and manage to land Floyd | a small trout. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trout" | ||||
Floyd | You're not all that familiar with freshly-caught fish; the only trout Floyd | you have encountered before have been the cooked variety, served up in Floyd | restaurants and officers' messes, but from what you recall of the Floyd | trout you've eaten, you think this fish is probably a trout. It looks Floyd | a decent enough specimen, anyway. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put trout in sack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Watch out. Trout have underwater weapons! Ping ping ping ping!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at trout" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the small trout. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(Sorry, random in-joke.)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Does it need slapping?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "trout are very valuable, and immensely powerful" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at platform" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach it from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "heehee" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "Keep away from the trout!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the west end of the town. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the barn. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "toss up the fish, maybe it'll eat the reciever, then you can fish for the trout. hee" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb table" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the trestle table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb platform" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach it from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x platform" | ||||
Floyd | The platform is a raised area at the southern end of the barn's Floyd | interior; it's about four metres off the floor, so from down here you Floyd | can't really see what's on it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb ladder" | ||||
Floyd | From the trestle table you step onto one of the upper rungs of the Floyd | ladder and haul yourself up onto the platform. Floyd | Floyd | Loft Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | A black cat is lying on top of the box. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | The cat lets out a plaintive meeow. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "is the upper half of the ladder sturdier?" | |||
| DavidW says, "Yes, it seems so." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give trout to cat" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small trout from the old brown sack) Floyd | The cat snatches the trout from your grasp and leaps onto the floor. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "maybe start climbing while on table" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open box" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the large wooden box reveals a lettuce, a piece of ham, a Floyd | small loaf of bread, and two tomatoes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take box" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Nice." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "empty box into sack" | ||||
Floyd | The word "empty" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "stand on box on table?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put all from box into sack" | ||||
Floyd | lettuce: Floyd | (first taking the lettuce) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | piece of ham: Floyd | (first taking the piece of ham) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | small loaf of bread: Floyd | (first taking the small loaf of bread) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | tomato: Floyd | (first taking the tomato) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | tomato: Floyd | (first taking the tomato) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), " x hay" | ||||
Floyd | The hay is all piled up in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks (of Catena), "er, why?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "search hay" | ||||
Floyd | Under the pile of hay is a pear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move hay" | ||||
Floyd | Attempting to move it would just cause a mess. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get pear" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | It's green and pear-shaped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pear in sack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky asks, "so where's the receiver?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Loft Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cat is sitting happily chewing at the fish. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "to reach upper part of ladder to get to platform" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rafters" | ||||
Floyd | The rafters are simply wooden beams running east to west above your Floyd | head. The southernmost one looks a little misshapen. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "south rafter" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x south rafter" | ||||
Floyd | There's a lump near the east end of the southernmost rafter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x lump" | ||||
Floyd | It's roughly cube-shaped but it's hard to make out without better Floyd | light. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | (the green stud) Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at lump" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | In the direct light of the drik you can see that the lump is actually Floyd | a black cube placed on the rafter. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | All you can see from here is that it's a black cube. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cube" | ||||
Floyd | The small black cube is out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | The drik light goes out to conserve power. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on box" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the large wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cube" | ||||
Floyd | The small black cube is out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb rafters" | ||||
Floyd | Those are not something you can climb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| olethros disappears through an invisible gap in the MUD. You think you may have heard the sounds of chatting before the gap closed again. | DavidW says, "afk a couple minutes" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||||
Floyd | You see no table here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "stand on box" | ||||
Floyd | You're already standing on the large wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | You carefully choose a spot between the rafters so as not to risk Floyd | bumping your head, and then jump. As your head comes level with the Floyd | rafters, you catch a brief glimpse of a lump on the southernmost one, Floyd | but you fall back down to the floor before you can get a decent look Floyd | at it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase Floyd | (which contains a piece of cloth and a carrot), a small iron key, an Floyd | old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a piece of ham, a Floyd | small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, and a pear), a fishing rod, and a Floyd | drik. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit cube with rod" | ||||
Floyd | It's too light to make an effective weapon. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw ham at rod" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the piece of ham from the old brown sack) Floyd | The piece of ham hits the fishing rod without any obvious effect, and Floyd | falls onto the large wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "throw ham at rod". Floyd | Floyd | Loft (standing on the large wooden box) Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | On the southernmost rafter is a small black cube. Floyd | Floyd | The cat is sitting happily chewing at the fish. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "throw ham at cube" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the piece of ham from the old brown sack) Floyd | The piece of ham strikes the small black cube and both piece of ham Floyd | and small black cube fall to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get ham" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get cube" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The small black cube looks like it's made of some kind of shiny Floyd | plastic, and seems featureless apart from the small slot in the side. Floyd | Whatever it is, it looks more like the product of offworld technology Floyd | than something that belongs on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat cube" | ||||
Floyd | It's obviously inedible. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Nitku was translated with Google. Sorry. | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, or tell Floyd | her about yourself, Leela, the robot, the town, or the small black Floyd | cube.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about cube" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a small black cube in the barn in town," you tell her, "It Floyd | looks far too advanced for Elysian technology." Floyd | Floyd | "Try testing it with your drik, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "point drik at cube" | ||||
Floyd | The drik blade emits a short series of rapid amber flashes, confirming Floyd | your suspicions: the cube is some sort of receiving device. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about cube" | ||||
Floyd | "That black cube I told you about," you tell her, "I've tested it with Floyd | my drik and it turns out it's some sort of receiving device." Floyd | Floyd | "Great galloping galazies, sir!" she exclaims, "And if someone's Floyd | planted a receiving device in the town, where's the transmitter?" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still concerned about this bug I found," you remark. Floyd | Floyd | "You have every right to be, sir," she agrees, "Bugging a Sovereign Floyd | Legion building is a very serious matter." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "go ladder herring go" | |||
| DavidW says, "back. Roommate started the grill; had to get burgers if I wanted any." | ||||
| DavidW says, "ah, the ol' throw ham at it trick, I see." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Classic throw the ham at it, yeah." | ||||
| inky says, "works every time" | ||||
| Bert says, "Mmm, trick ham." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attack cube" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot attack that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase Floyd | (which contains a piece of cloth and a carrot), a small iron key, an Floyd | old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a small loaf of Floyd | bread, two tomatoes, and a pear), a fishing rod, a drik, a piece of Floyd | ham, and a small black cube. You're wearing a purple belt and a white Floyd | uniform. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "If Emily were here, she'd be on us to find that cheese." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps we should do it anyway." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "go back with everything and hoist the flag now?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But the cheese!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was gone for a bit. For all I know, y'all found the cheese." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The cheese is in the cloth. oh, you missed that/" | ||||
| inky says, "what she means is, who moved her cheese" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unfold cloth" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the piece of cloth from the white pillowcase) Floyd | You unfold the piece of cloth. Inside the cloth you find a small Floyd | wedge of cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "smell cheese" | ||||
Floyd | It smells quite strong, but by no means unappetizing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cheese" | ||||
Floyd | It's a deep yellow colour, and is a hard cheese, like some kind of Floyd | cheddar. It smells quite strong, but by no means unappetizing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena groans | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "taste cheese" | ||||
Floyd | It tastes quite strong - possibly a little overripe. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "taste cheese". Floyd | Floyd | Loft (standing on the large wooden box) Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cat is sitting happily chewing at the fish. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fold cloth" | ||||
Floyd | You fold the piece of cloth. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ah, okay. Thanks." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure, go raise the flag." | ||||
| WeirdBeard arrives, full of fun and funk. | DavidW says, "oh. It occurs to me: we could bug someone else now." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "True." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (off the large wooden box) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the large wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table is positioned next to the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bug" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to bug" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot talk to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "say something" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at bug" | ||||
Floyd | The drik blade flashes red and emits a little beep, indicating that Floyd | you have discovered a listening device. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear drik" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase Floyd | (which contains a carrot), a small iron key, an old brown sack (which Floyd | contains an apple, a lettuce, a small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, and Floyd | a pear), a fishing rod, a piece of ham, a small black cube, a piece of Floyd | cloth, and a tiny black bug. You're wearing a purple belt and a white Floyd | uniform. The purple belt contains a drik. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put carrot in sack" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the carrot from the white pillowcase) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put cloth in sack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ham in sack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf3" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk north along the river bank, but at no point do you see Floyd | anywhere the river could readily be crossed. You continue north up Floyd | the slope until you come to the edge of the forest, which quickly Floyd | becomes too dense for you to make any further progress, so at that Floyd | point you turn round and retrace your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "n". Floyd | Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "afk again" | ||||
Floyd | The word "afk" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Evidently Floyd does not care if David is afk." | |||
| Catena says, "It should reply: That's fine, I'll wait. Brain the size of a planet, and you have better things to do than talk to me." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I was sort of sitting out because I'd missed a big chunk of things. Catena, what were you all planning to do next? Raise the flag?" | ||||
| Catena says, "I'm just watching and kibbitzing, came in late myself" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, far as I can tell, that's what he was up to." | ||||
| Catena asks, "have we exercised all of our inventory?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase, a Floyd | small iron key, an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, Floyd | a small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of Floyd | cloth, and a piece of ham), a fishing rod, a small black cube, and a Floyd | tiny black bug. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | The purple belt contains a drik. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "He noted we could bug someone maybe" | |||
| DavidW says, "I was thinking bugging the elders, maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, no, we haven't, but - oh, you're back." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I figured that's what you were thinking, but we have to raise the flag to attract them, no?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I had to assemble the burgers. Eventually, I shall go to eat the burgers." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's like a real-life puzzle." | ||||
| DavidW says, "we could explore more of the town" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So, I guess I'll go raise the flag." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh - or that." | ||||
| Catena says, "critical fail-drink too much beer to digest the burgers" | ||||
| DavidW says, "whichever" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "See, if you want to explore more, it shouldn't be me driving, since I missed a bunch." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So if you want to drive, explore - and I shall watch." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I saved at cf3. Go ahead and let's see elders." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Just make sure they don't see our loot or tech." | |||
| Catena asks, "hide in bag?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we could leave it on the roof." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the purple door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, an imperial flag, a white pillowcase, a Floyd | small iron key, an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, Floyd | a small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of Floyd | cloth, and a piece of ham), a fishing rod, a small black cube, and a Floyd | tiny black bug. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | The purple belt contains a drik. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "drop sack, cube, bug" | ||||
Floyd | old brown sack: Dropped. Floyd | small black cube: Dropped. Floyd | tiny black bug: Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put flag on pole" | ||||
Floyd | (first unfolding the imperial flag) Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "raise flag" | ||||
Floyd | You hoist the flag to the top of the pole, where it flutters gamely in Floyd | the breeze. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "might want to hide the bug in one pocket" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close hatch" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, I dropped it on the roof." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the hatch) Floyd | Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base and a flag flying from its top. At the far end is an Floyd | array of solar panels, while in between a narrow staircase leads back Floyd | down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | You see an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a small Floyd | loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of cloth, and a Floyd | piece of ham), a small black cube, and a tiny black bug here. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Can't bug the elders from there, though." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take bug" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | An old man enters the town centre from the south. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bug in right pocket" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | The old man goes to the east end of the town. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | The old man is standing out in the street. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | The old man enters the Sovereign Legion Office. "I'm Petroc, Chief Floyd | Elder of Elysium," the old man introduces himself, "I saw your flag Floyd | flying, so I came - but you look even greener than the last one they Floyd | sent. So what have you come to bother about us this time?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close hatch" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tioucs" | ||||
Floyd | The word "tioucs" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask him about the planet, himself, meetings, market-days, Floyd | the town, the Empire, technology, the ruined bridge, or the green Floyd | house, or tell him about the Federation, or Leela. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf4" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about planet" | ||||
Floyd | "This is just one of our regular visits to check up on how things are Floyd | going here," you tell him, "So, how are things going here? Any Floyd | problems?" Floyd | Floyd | "The harvest is not plentiful, children are not respectful to their Floyd | parents, and parents do not produce enough children to make our Floyd | numbers increase," he shrugs, "Nothing changes." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell him about empire" | ||||
Floyd | "Let me tell you about the Empire," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "If you must," he sighs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell him about empire" | ||||
Floyd | You start to tell him about the Empire, but he interrupts you with an Floyd | abrupt wave of the hand. "Some other time, maybe," he says. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe they don't want to produce more children if the children are just going to be disrespectful." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x man" | ||||
Floyd | Which man do you mean, the portrait of the Emperor, or Petroc? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "petroc" | ||||
Floyd | He's a slightly-stooped old man with a weatherbeaten face, grizzled Floyd | grey hair, and a straggly beard. He's standing here talking with you. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is wearing a floppy hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hat" | ||||
Floyd | It's brown in colour and battered almost shapeless. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "maybe if the harvest was better, the esders would be respected, and produce more children. Can we fix the harvest?" | |||
| DavidW says, "hm. The hat doesn't look like it's a place to put a bug." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Is the harvest that bad, or is it all just being hidden from people?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Catena), "er, we don't necessarily want to help them. You missed that part." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I guess the fields were looking shabby." | ||||
| Catena says, "ok" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But yeah, what David said." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The Empire wants them to die out enough so they can colonize." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We're supposed to not interfere." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Despite me wanting to rescue the one sane person on the planet." | ||||
| Catena says, "aha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "However, Harcourt is being sneaky about something on this planet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "bug petroc" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put bug in hat" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put anything in the floppy hat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask him about the planet, himself, meetings, market-days, Floyd | the town, the Empire, technology, the ruined bridge, or the green Floyd | house, or tell him about the Federation, or Leela. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "bug harcourt?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" | ||||
Floyd | (Petroc) Floyd | "Did you say you're the Chief Elder?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I sure did," he affirms, "but that just makes me the first among Floyd | equals - the Chairman of the Council of Elders, I'm not some petty Floyd | emperor." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Catena), "I was refering to the company. Senator Harcourt himself is dead." | |||
| Catena says, "ok" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He is? I knew he was arrested, I missed that he'd been executed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about bridge" | ||||
Floyd | "I see the bridge at the west end of town has fallen into terminal Floyd | disrepair," you remark, "Can't you people even maintain a bridge?" Floyd | Floyd | "You are right," he sighs, "I have been trying to get agreement from Floyd | my fellow Elders to act on that for some time now, but always there Floyd | seem to be other priorities." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Was he executed? I don't remember the means of death." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I was just assuming. Because of the treason." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about green house" | ||||
Floyd | "What's that green house for?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "The Wheatsheaf, you mean?" Petroc replies, scratching his head, Floyd | "It's the best inn in town - hell, it's the only inn in town. Too bad Floyd | it's closed." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about meetings" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell elder about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "How often do people come to meetings in this town?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "The Elders meet here once a month. Once a year there's a Great Floyd | Gathering when anyone can come," he replies, "Otherwise, it's just as Floyd | and when." Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "I've been instructed to tell you something about the Federation Floyd | crisis," you explain, "Ever since Relda, tension between the Empire Floyd | and the Federation has been growing, and now there's a real risk of Floyd | war. I'm instructed to inform you that, in the event of hostilities, Floyd | the Empire will continue to protect Elysium from outside interference Floyd | as it has always done, even though much of our attention will of Floyd | necessity be diverted to, ah, other matters." Floyd | Floyd | "Empire or Federation, what difference does it make to us?" Petroc Floyd | shrugs; but then his curiosity gets the better of him, "Who or what Floyd | was Relda? And why is your mighty Empire so worried about this Floyd | Federation?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about relda" | ||||
Floyd | "It was what happened on Relda that revealed the real nature of the Floyd | Federation," you explain, "Relda was one of the Federation's wealthier Floyd | worlds - it may still be, for all we know. It used to be Floyd | self-governing, but the Federation took more and more power away from Floyd | the planetary government, and bought up more and more of the planet's Floyd | assets. Then, a few years ago, the Reldans elected a new Planetary Floyd | Council on a platform of wresting control of their world back from the Floyd | Federation. The Federation responded by blowing up the Council and Floyd | blaming it on terrorists; then they took over the planetary government Floyd | themselves. Relda went from being a member-world to being a Floyd | subject-world, a pattern that's been repeated all over the Floyd | Federation." Floyd | Floyd | "That is where riches and greed and human ambition always lead," Floyd | Petroc opines, "to injustice and oppression. That is why we have Floyd | forsworn all such things here." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "I'm curious if, were this real, we would actually send anyone to this planet to tell them anything. I mean, what's the point, if they don't care?" | |||
| Catena says, "if you show him the bug, maybe he'll agree you have a common enemy" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "The Paranian Federation has grown nearly as strong as the Empire - it Floyd | too now numbers more than sixty worlds over a comparable volume of Floyd | space," you explain, "Over the last two decades or so they've become Floyd | more and more of a tyranny - as events on Relda showed - and they're Floyd | also becoming more and more aggressive, looking for new worlds to Floyd | conquer. We can't stand by and just watch this happen, so sooner or Floyd | later we seem bound to clash. In any case, there's every danger Floyd | they'll try to attack us!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's what your 'progress' and 'technology' does for you," Petroc Floyd | grunts, "Our ancestors were right to turn their backs on all that Floyd | rubbish!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "we're not going there to tell them anything, we're going there to let them know that if they have any ideas about trying to break away from the federation we will blow them up" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I suspect showing him the bug will end badly, but who knows? Let's try it." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of inky), "How could they possibly break away, though?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I mean, they could pass a resolution or something, but it'd be meaningless." | ||||
| inky says, "well, ok, true" | ||||
| inky says, "they could tear down the federation building" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this planted in a pillowcase in the Legion office," you say, Floyd | "Know anything about it?" Floyd | Floyd | "Planted in a pillowcase, you say?" he chortles, "Any fool knows it Floyd | won't grow if you plant it there!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "is there a resource on this planet that could tip the scales of power in Empire or Fed's favor?" | |||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| inky says, "not that we've seen" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "This is a listening device; someone's trying to bug the Legion Floyd | office." you tell him. Floyd | Floyd | "Bug, you say? Well, if there's bugs in your office you ought to Floyd | clean it more often," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "except, of course, for their massive crochetiness reserves" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "This device was being used to spy on the Empire," you insist, a Floyd | little pompously, "Do you have any idea who might be responsible?" Floyd | Floyd | "Spy? Call that a spy? Looks more like a withered pea to me!" he Floyd | replies. "But I suppose you're going to tell me it's one of them Floyd | techno-thingies. Well, I don't know about such stuff, and I don't Floyd | want to know about it!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "I think we should discuss Harcourt Research," you suggest. Floyd | Floyd | "Do you now?" he retorts, "I should have thought we both had better Floyd | things to do!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about barn" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc appears baffled by your question. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about cube" | ||||
Floyd | You know better than to offend Petroc by discussing modern technology Floyd | with him; he probably doesn't understand it and even if he does he Floyd | certainly won't admit it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Leela?" | |||
| Catena asks, "does he know whether a Fed rep was here to bug the office? or whether the last empire rep was taitor?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm - good points." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about last rep" | ||||
Floyd | His words of wisdom are lost in a fit of coughing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about last representative" | ||||
Floyd | He pretends not to hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about previous" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc drowns your question in a fit of coughing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about visitors" | ||||
Floyd | You ask your question but Petroc ignores it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about elysium" | ||||
Floyd | "Is there anything you need to report, any outside interference or Floyd | anything like that?" you enquire. Floyd | Floyd | "The only outside interference comes from your empire," Petroc grunts. Floyd | But then he relents to the extent of adding, "You haven't been talking Floyd | with old Jeb, have you? You don't want to take any notice of anything Floyd | he says - he's full of addle-witted fool-guff." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "about fed?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "Who or what is old Jeb?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, he's just the old fool who owns the farm just across the river." Floyd | Petroc tells you, "He's not such a bad fellow, but he's so full of Floyd | bumble-rot. He says he saw something last week - or was it the week Floyd | before? He's such a muddle-wit he probably doesn't even know Floyd | himself!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "have we talked to jeb?" | |||
| DavidW says, "no" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sounds like we should." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We haven't crossed the river either." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Bridge is out." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I want to ask about Leela." | ||||
| DavidW says, "go ahead. I need to eat again." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Though it may anger him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about Leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I met a young woman called Leela in the forest on the way here," you Floyd | inform him, "She says she's an outcast - that you elders cast her Floyd | out." Floyd | Floyd | "I know of no Leela," he tells you stiffly, "And we do not cast people Floyd | out. We take care of our own on Elysium." Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW blinks | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | Catena asks, "how can we get elders to agree to fix bridge---or, is there a way across upriver or downriver?" | |||
Floyd | "Leela's a young woman with long dark hair, about twenty standard Floyd | Earth years or so old, I'd say," you remark, "Do you not know of such Floyd | a woman?" Floyd | Floyd | "Your description would match any of a score of young women I know," Floyd | Petroc complains, "But none of them have been 'cast out'. We do not Floyd | do such things." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | "Leela is half-starved and half-naked, and says none of you will feed Floyd | her or clothe her," you tell him. Floyd | Floyd | "That is nonsense; if any young woman was in such a plight, any of our Floyd | people would give her food and clothing," Petroc replies. Floyd | Floyd | "But she says you have forbidden it!" you protest. Floyd | Floyd | "That is a lie!" he declares fiercely, "We would never do such a Floyd | thing!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "huh. Someone is lying." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | "Leela told me you cast her out because she was asking too many Floyd | questions," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "The young always ask too many questions," he opines, "that is there Floyd | way. But we do not expel them for it; we simply try to teach them." Floyd | Floyd | "Teach them what?" you ask suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | "The answers to those questions that may be answered, and the futility Floyd | of asking questions that may not." he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "maybe Leela likes tech" | |||
| DavidW says, "afk to eat" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Enjoy." | ||||
| Catena says, "or wants to take sides in Fed vs Emp" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | "So you don't know anything about the young woman I met in the Floyd | forest?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "That is right - I do not," he affirms, "Indeed, I can't believe you Floyd | met anyone like that - or if you did, she must have been spinning you Floyd | some right old tale!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You've exhausted that topic for now. Petroc is clearly sceptical of Floyd | what Leela told you, and even of her existence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask him about the planet, old Jeb, himself, the council of Floyd | elders, meetings, market-days, the Great Gathering, the town, the Floyd | Empire, technology, the ruined bridge, or the green house, tell him Floyd | about the Federation, or Relda, or ask him for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "What exactly did this old Jeb character think he saw?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Something in the sky," Petroc grunts, "at the dead of night, he says. Floyd | He went out to check on a mare that was in foal, and says he saw Floyd | something blotting out some stars. Sounds to me like it was just a Floyd | passing cloud if it was anything at all, but the old fool swears blind Floyd | it was more like something floating down from heaven. I ask you - Floyd | he'll be saying it was the second coming next!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "What else did Jeb say about this object he saw at night?" you want to Floyd | know. Floyd | Floyd | "Well - he reckons what it was came down a little way to the north of Floyd | his farm. That would make it to the northwest of here, somewhere Floyd | across the river running through the forest. But that's just crazy Floyd | nonsense, of course - there aint nothing there but trees and grass!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "This thing that old Jeb says came down to the northwest, what could Floyd | it have been?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Hell, I don't suppose it was anything," Petroc replies scornfully, Floyd | "Like I said, he probably just saw a cloud after having a mite too Floyd | much to drink. I wouldn't have mentioned it at all except to warn you Floyd | not to take no notice of it. Old Jeb is such an addle-wit I'd not set Floyd | much store by anything he said." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "but the bug got there somehow" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "So you haven't checked old Jeb's story out?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Of course not," Petroc snaps, "No one else has mentioned anything Floyd | strange, and I've better things to do than waste my time checking on Floyd | drunken ghost stories - and so, I imagine, have you!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This old man's full of lies, methinks." | |||
| Catena says, "ayup" | ||||
| Catena says, "or just his perspective, won't let him see truth" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the Great Gathering." | ||||
Floyd | "What exactly is a Great Gathering?" you want to know. Floyd | Floyd | "It's when the Elders and anyone else who can come meet here once a Floyd | year to discuss the affairs of our world," he explains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the Great Gathering." | ||||
Floyd | "What matters do you expect to discuss at the Great Gathering?" you Floyd | ask. Floyd | Floyd | "How this year's harvest is doing, what needs to be stored for the Floyd | winter, how to rotate next year's crops," he begins, "Oh - and I'll be Floyd | making my annual appeal for help with getting the bridge repaired. Floyd | And then of course there will be telling of the old tales, to remind Floyd | ourselves why we are the way we are, and why we must never become like Floyd | you." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the Great Gathering." | ||||
Floyd | "Do you discuss the same sort of things at every Great Gathering?" you Floyd | enquire. Floyd | Floyd | "Pretty much," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the Great Gathering." | ||||
Floyd | He's already told you that a Great Gathering meets once a year and Floyd | includes the Elders and anyone else able to come. The same sort of Floyd | things are discussed every year: how the harvest is doing, an appeal Floyd | for the bridge to be repaired, and the telling of old tales. There Floyd | doesn't seem much else to say. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry - I'm just playing Exhaust the Topics." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the bridge" | ||||
Floyd | "So what are you going to do about that ruined bridge?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "As I said, I'm trying to get my fellow Elders to agree on a repair Floyd | plan," he reminds you, a little irritably. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| ParserGirl goes home. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the bridge" | ||||
Floyd | He's already told you he's trying to get his fellow Elders to agree on Floyd | a repair plan; there's no need to irritate him by going on about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I wonder how it was destroyed." | |||
| Catena says, "good idea" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about technology" | ||||
Floyd | "Your aversion to technology - is it some kind of religion?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Not quite that, though no doubt it helps us be more in tune with life Floyd | in a religious kind of way," he replies, "Our ancestors, the people Floyd | who first settled this world, saw what technology did to people and Floyd | figured that it just wasn't good for folks to live like that. The Floyd | hankering for ever better technology was just the hankering to own Floyd | more, to get what you want right away without waiting for it, and to Floyd | get ahead of everyone else - in a word, plain, naked greed. Your Floyd | technology doesn't make folks any happier, it just makes them nastier, Floyd | and blind to the really important things in life." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "important things?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about tech" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc ponders your question for a moment, then shakes his head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about technology" | ||||
Floyd | "Surely you don't think technology is all bad," you protest, "I can't Floyd | believe you don't use any. Surely you must at least use ploughs in Floyd | your farming, ovens to cook, looms for weaving cloth and that sort of Floyd | thing." Floyd | Floyd | "To be sure," Petroc allows, "But we try to keep it as simple and Floyd | basic as possible. Of course we have the means of providing ourselves Floyd | with food, clothing and shelter, but beyond such basic necessities, Floyd | nothing more is needful." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "like exiling those who disagree?" | |||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about technology" | ||||
Floyd | "Don't you find life very hard and dull, denying yourselves all modern Floyd | luxuries and modern technology?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "You forget, none of us have ever known such things, so we can't miss Floyd | 'em," he smiles gently, "we have what we have and we're content with Floyd | that. We don't starve or freeze, but more to the point we don't kill Floyd | each other for greed or fight wars with ever more terrible weapons. Floyd | We don't clamber over each other in some crazy race to prove who's Floyd | best, who's cleverest, who's greediest and powerfulest. And as for Floyd | life being dull - no, we're too busy to find life dull. Besides, in Floyd | the long winter evenings there's always the tale-telling and Floyd | music-making and dancing and feasting. At least we make our own Floyd | entertainment - the stories passed down from our ancestors tell of Floyd | human zombies on your technological worlds staring at moving pictures Floyd | on screens all day long - what kind of entertainment is that? And Floyd | what kind of life? Well, you may think our life hard by your soft Floyd | standards, but to me it seems the only kind of life worth living. If Floyd | you don't believe me, join us and find out for yourself - how about Floyd | it?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes, say no, ask him about the planet, old Jeb, the Floyd | river, himself, the council of elders, meetings, market-days, the old Floyd | tales, the town, the Empire, technology, the green house, or repairs, Floyd | tell him about the Federation, or Relda, or ask him for clothing.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "like Quakers" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "An invitation." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | You consider Petroc's offer for a moment, and then decide it's really Floyd | rather attractive. You only joined the Sovereign Legion because it's Floyd | a tradition in your family, and, if you're honest with yourself, you Floyd | realize that both service in the Legion and life in the Empire is all Floyd | a weariness - especially with the prospect of war looming. Perhaps Floyd | what you really need is a fresh start away from all the complexities Floyd | of life in the modern Moltinoran Empire. Floyd | Floyd | So, looking Petroc straight in the eye, you smile and reply, "Yes, in Floyd | fact I was hoping you'd offer. If you'll have me I'd like to join Floyd | you." Floyd | Floyd | Petroc nods his approval, "You are wiser than you look - and yes, you Floyd | are welcome. Come, let me lead you to your new life." Floyd | Floyd | So you follow Petroc back to his farm, and the first thing you do is Floyd | swap your smart Legion uniform for a crude peasant smock. Then you Floyd | spend the rest of your life learning to become a competent and Floyd | contended farm labourer. In time you marry a pretty farm girl, have Floyd | two fine sons and a pretty daughter, and neither the Empire nor the Floyd | Federation ever bothers you again. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE GONE NATIVE *** Floyd | Floyd | In 382 moves, you have scored 8 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 18 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "oh, if you join, can you make bridge appeal better? or, do you lose your imperial status? I'd imagine at some point you should join them" | |||
| Catena says, "oh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I figured it would spark an ending, which is why I saved." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf5" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is standing here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | "How often is there a market-day in town?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "About every ten days or so," he replies, "Less in winter, of course." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | "Do many people come when there's a market-day?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Depends what you mean by 'many'," he grunts. "There don't seem to be Floyd | as many coming as when I was a youngster, if that's what you mean, but Floyd | there's still enough." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "seems obvious we have to get across the river" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I'm just asking him what I can while we have him here." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. I'm just asking him what I can while we have him here." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "oops. heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | "What sort of things are traded here in the market?" you enquire. Floyd | Floyd | "Farm produce, mainly," he tells you, "A few pots and pans and the Floyd | like. Nothing fancy, mind." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena nods | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you use money in your markets, or barter?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Money?" he asks, with a look of repulsion appropriate to the mention Floyd | of some particularly disgusting vice, "We don't use money on Elysium. Floyd | So I suppose it must be what you call 'barter'". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | "Does the market here meet everyone's needs?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "I don't hear anyone complaining about it," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about market days" | ||||
Floyd | There's really no more to say about markets. He's told you that Floyd | there's a market-day in town about every ten days or so, though less Floyd | frequently in winter. The markets use barter, not money, and trade Floyd | mainly in farm produce and basic utensils. Fewer people come to the Floyd | markets than in Petroc's youth, but in his opinion the markets still Floyd | meet everyone's needs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about bartering" | ||||
Floyd | "I have no intention of discussing that right now," he tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about barter" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc mumbles his answer so you can't make it out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the green house" | ||||
Floyd | "Why is the inn closed?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Dry rot, wet rot, stairs getting too rickety," he shrugs, "Anyway, Floyd | it's too unsafe for folks to use till it's been repaired." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the green house" | ||||
Floyd | "When's the Wheatsheaf likely to open again?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "This year, next year, sometime, never," he replies vaguely, "It seems Floyd | to be harder and harder to get anyone to do repairs these days." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the green house" | ||||
Floyd | You've plainly exhausted this topic: the Wheatsheaf is the town's only Floyd | inn, but it's closed since it's badly in need of repairs which no one Floyd | seems willing to carry out. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "sounds like the planet's winding down" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him for clothing" | ||||
Floyd | "The young woman I told you about needs some new clothes, where might Floyd | I find some?" you enquire. Floyd | Floyd | "Do I look the sort of man who carries a spare set of women's clothes Floyd | around?" he snorts, "Women make their own clothes on this world - you Floyd | won't find them growing on trees!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask him about the planet, old Jeb, the river, himself, the Floyd | council of elders, meetings, the old tales, the town, the Empire, Floyd | technology, or repairs, tell him about the Federation, or Relda, or Floyd | ask him for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the river" | ||||
Floyd | "How do I get across the river?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "You're the one with all the clever technology - a mere river can't be Floyd | a problem for you!" Petroc replies sniffily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the river" | ||||
Floyd | "How do I get across the river?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "You're the one with all the clever technology - a mere river can't be Floyd | a problem for you!" Petroc replies sniffily. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the planet" | ||||
Floyd | "So there's nothing else you need to tell me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Nothing," he insists, "We are quite capable of ordering our affairs Floyd | without your help." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "heh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" | ||||
Floyd | "I trust I find you in good health?" you enquire politely. Floyd | Floyd | "I have nothing to complain of in that regard," he shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" | ||||
Floyd | "Is there anything the Empire can do for you?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Yes - you can leave us alone," he grunts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about himself" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to have exhausted that topic. You've ascertained that Petroc Floyd | is the Chief Elder, that he's in good health, and that he'd much Floyd | rather the Empire left his people alone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "until the fed blows up the legion office" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about repairs" | ||||
Floyd | "Why is it so difficult to get any repairs done round here?" you want Floyd | to know. Floyd | Floyd | "Because no one cares any more," Petroc replies, his shoulders Floyd | stooping dejectedly, "Not about the town, anyway. These days it seems Floyd | anyone with the necessary skills is too busy fixing up his own farm." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about repairs" | ||||
Floyd | "Are you saying that you can't get any repairs done in this town?" you Floyd | ask. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc lets out a heavy sigh. "It seems to be getting pretty much Floyd | that way," he admits. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could ask him about old Jeb, the council of elders, meetings, the Floyd | old tales, the town, the Empire, technology, or repairs, tell him Floyd | about the Federation, or Relda, or ask him for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about old tales" | ||||
Floyd | "What sort of old tales do you tell at your Great Gathering?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, all sorts," he replies, "Why our ancestors left your corrupt Floyd | society to come here, how they built this place, how we survived harsh Floyd | winters and dry summers - and then there are all the cautionary tales, Floyd | stories of how greed and pointless 'technological improvements' always Floyd | lead to misery and impoverishment." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about old tales" | ||||
Floyd | "What other stories do you tell?" you want to know. Floyd | Floyd | "Now look here, youngster," he replies, "you don't have time to listen Floyd | to our tales, and I don't have time to tell them right now." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about how they built this place" | ||||
Floyd | You quickly lose the thread of his long rambling reply, so by the time Floyd | he reaches the end you haven't a clue what he actually said. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "ducking the question?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, perhaps. Want me to ask again?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about old tales" | ||||
Floyd | He's already indicated that he can't be bothered to tell you the old Floyd | tales. So far as you can tell from what he said, they appear to act Floyd | as legitimation for Elysium's backwardness. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "sure" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Nah, just a way of letting us know he's done on that topic." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "Is there anything else you can tell me about old Jeb?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "No, not really" he replies, "I mean, he's a decent enough farmer and Floyd | all that, and he don't generally create any trouble, but he is such an Floyd | addlepated old fool. Like I said, you don't want to take any notice Floyd | of him." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena nods | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about meetings" | ||||
Floyd | "So you don't have that many meetings here," you surmise. Floyd | Floyd | "We have enough," he shrugs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about meetings" | ||||
Floyd | He's already told you that the Elders meet in town once a month and Floyd | that there's a Great Gathering once a year. That seems to be about as Floyd | much as he's prepared to say on the topic. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the council" | ||||
Floyd | "How many Elders are there?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Twelve," he tells you, "We each take responsibility for one district, Floyd | but once a month we come together to discuss matters of common Floyd | concern." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "council?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "The Council of Elders." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the council" | ||||
Floyd | "What do the Elders do?" you inquire, "What is your function?" Floyd | Floyd | "To guide our people and preserve our ancestral ways," he replies, "In Floyd | particular we preserve the memory of the worlds we left behind, the Floyd | greed and oppression and misery that goes with 'technology' and Floyd | 'progress', so that each generation can be taught what we have escaped Floyd | and why we must preserve our simple way of living." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "yeah" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about the council" | ||||
Floyd | "Do the Elders have a judicial function?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "We settle disputes, if that's what you mean," he nods, "And we Floyd | discipline anyone who must be disciplined - but you must understand Floyd | that there is very little crime on Elysium; our simple lifestyle Floyd | simply doesn't give rise to the greed and envy that drives so much of Floyd | the evildoing in your advanced technological 'civilization'." He Floyd | looks at you for a moment then asks, with a little smile, "Perhaps you Floyd | would like to escape your oppressive lifetyle and join us?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes, say no, tell him about the Federation, or Relda, Floyd | ask him about the town, the Empire, technology, or repairs, or ask him Floyd | for clothing.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "back" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No," you smile, "I think not." Floyd | Floyd | "I thought not," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about repairs" | ||||
Floyd | "Would you like some help with the repairs needed here?" you offer, Floyd | "I'm sure we could send a team of people to fix things up nicely for Floyd | you." Floyd | Floyd | "No!" he replies fiercely, "We don't want any more of your imperial Floyd | interference on this world than we can help!" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Welcome back, David. We have been playing Exhaust-the-Topics while you were eating your burger." | |||
| Catena says, "we found that going native ends it, and we need to get across the river to consult jeb about a landing craft" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Some interesting stuff, if you want to scroll back." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about town" | ||||
Floyd | "Why is this town so deserted?" you ask him. Floyd | Floyd | "Because it's not a market-day or meeting-day," he tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about town" | ||||
Floyd | "Does no one live in this town permanently?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Nah," he shakes his head, "What would be the point? Folks have got Floyd | too much to do in their own places without loafing around here." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about town" | ||||
Floyd | "Was this town always so - unoccupied?" you enquire, avoiding the word Floyd | "run-down" just in time. Floyd | Floyd | "There used to be a few folks who stayed here more or less Floyd | permanently, back in the old days," he replies, "but those days have Floyd | gone, and now we just use the place for markets and meetings." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about town" | ||||
Floyd | You've already pursued the topic of the town as far as you tactfully Floyd | can. It's obviously in decline, since people no longer live there and Floyd | only come for markets and meetings. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I think you guys might have missed something in the legion building" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we can look around after he leaves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about technology" | ||||
Floyd | "What about medical technology?" you ask, "Surely you people get sick? Floyd | Things must be pretty grim for you without the benefits of modern Floyd | medicine!" Floyd | Floyd | "You folks are always coming out with that tired old argument," Petroc Floyd | chuckles, "But from what the ancestors say about your world, it seems Floyd | to me that it's your technology that causes half your illnesses in the Floyd | first place. You folks just don't get enough fresh air and exercise, Floyd | let alone good, healthy, natural food. That's why you need all that Floyd | fancy technological medicine. There's nothing a healthy lifestyle and Floyd | the right herb can't cure here well enough - till a man's reached his Floyd | allotted span." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about technology" | ||||
Floyd | "So you really think your people are happy living the way they do, Floyd | without all the benefits of modern technology?" you ask incredulously. Floyd | Floyd | "I don't think it; I know it," he assures you. "If you don't believe Floyd | me, you're mighty welcome to join us and find out for yourself; you Floyd | look young enough not to have have been totally corrupted by Floyd | technological ways yet. So how about it, youngster?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes, say no, tell him about the Federation, or Relda, Floyd | ask him about the Empire, technology, or repairs, or ask him for Floyd | clothing.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "He's actually talking a lot of sense." | |||
| inky says, "ha a" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No," you smile, "I think not." Floyd | Floyd | "I thought not," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "she's gone native" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about herbs" | ||||
Floyd | "I fail to see the relevance of that question," he complains. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline dons a potato sack. | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you think about the Federation?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Nothing I can be bothered to discuss with you right now!" he grunts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about relda" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd be interested in your views on Relda," you tell him. Floyd | Floyd | "Then you'll just have to be disappointed, since I have no interest in Floyd | indulging your idle curiosity," he replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "luddite! ;)" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about repairs" | ||||
Floyd | "So it's a real problem getting any repairs done here," you surmise. Floyd | Floyd | "You could say that," he concurs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "him for clothing" | Catena asks, "can you offer to make repairs?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "him about repairs" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about repairs" | ||||
Floyd | There's no need to rub it in: it's obviously difficult to get anything Floyd | repaired round here, and equally obvious that Petroc doesn't want your Floyd | help. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell him about the Federation, or Relda, ask him about the Floyd | Empire, or technology, or ask him for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm nearly through the topics..." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me about the Federation," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Aargh, don't waste my time, I've got better things to do than talk Floyd | about that!" he snorts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about empire" | ||||
Floyd | "Tell me, Petroc," you ask, "How do your people actually feel about Floyd | the Empire?" Floyd | Floyd | "My people?" he echoes, "Why, for the most part they hardly think Floyd | about it at all. It's not relevant to their lives - and that's the Floyd | way we like it." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about empire" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you feel about the Empire, Petroc," you want to know. Floyd | Floyd | "The more it leaves us alone the better I like it," he replies, "Or Floyd | rather, the less I dislike it. No good ever came of the Empire Floyd | meddling in our affairs." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask him about empire" | ||||
Floyd | "But don't you realize that your settlement was set up in imperial Floyd | space, and that you only exist because we allow you to, and because we Floyd | protect you from outside interference?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I may only be an Elder of a people who no doubt seem very backward to Floyd | you, young man, but I'm totally ignorant of such matters," he replies Floyd | gruffly, "Our ancestors were a peaceful group of settlers minding our Floyd | own business when your ancestors came along and claimed we were on Floyd | your land, as the strong always bully the weak. And as for Floyd | 'protecting' us - go search the forest and see for yourself what your Floyd | imperial 'protection' is worth." Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "did we?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask him about forest" | ||||
Floyd | "So what will I find in the forest?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Go and see for yourself," he growls in reply. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Naked women, that's what." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, half-naked." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "him for clothing." | Catena asks, "dead, alive, hurt?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "The woman?" | ||||
| Alex says (to Jacqueline), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that A woman is the only thing that I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She's starving." | ||||
| DavidW says, "That's what she said." | ||||
| Catena says, "but he said he didn't know about her" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "He's lying, methinks." | ||||
| inky says, "maybe she's just dieting" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DavidW), "What are you saying, that Leela's lying?" | ||||
| inky says, "if she eats the carrot we'll know for sure" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Well, that may only mean she's a rabbit. Or a witch! May we burn her?!" | ||||
| inky says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm sick of talking to this old man." | ||||
| Catena exclaims, "oooh oooh build a bridge out of her!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Catena), "HAHA YAYAYAY" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, someone's lying. And since the elder's tolerated our questions so far, either she's lying or this isn't an elder." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or he's laying a trap for us." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, so I take it you don't want to stun him and move on, then." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf6" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "man, goodbye" | ||||
Floyd | "Well, I think that's about it, then; I needn't detain you any Floyd | longer," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "You've already detained me quite long enough," Petroc concurs gruffy, Floyd | "So I shall bid you good day." Floyd | Floyd | Petroc leaves through the street door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Close the door." | ||||
Floyd | Which door do you mean, the street door, or the bedroom door? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "street door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc goes inside the large wooden hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Should we follow him?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe that's where we need to bug." | ||||
| Catena says, "sure" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except inky the hint dropper thinks we missed something in here." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I dunno. We can check in with Soolin again, I suppose too." | ||||
| Catena says, "maybe leela knows how to get across the river" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Maybe the robot can build bridges." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd like to go put a toga on Leela." | ||||
| inky says, "my recollection is there was a computer in the legion building you could consult about stuff" | ||||
| inky says, "or maybe you saw that already" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we did that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The console's there." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We didn't ask the computer questions, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, that's true." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open drawer" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the drawer reveals a purple datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take datatab" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small square of purple plastic or polymer, about 7mm to a side. Floyd | By some kind of molecular wizardry, the precise technical details of Floyd | which escape you, it's capable of holding several terabytes of data. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put datatab in slot" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays: "Please enter your Authorization Code: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter ISL-GF-PPn342" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The screen displays: "Authorization Code Correct! Access permitted. Floyd | " Floyd | Floyd | The console screen displays a recent report on the status of Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | The summary page tells you that the current population of the planet Floyd | is a mere 11,345 (as of the latest count, last year), and that Elysium Floyd | has the lowest GDP per head of any planet of the Empire by a very long Floyd | way. The population apparently peaked at around fifteen thousand Floyd | about a century ago and has been declining slowly ever since (there's Floyd | a link to a lengthy social-scientific analysis of this, but you're Floyd | content with the summary, which suggests that the society has simply Floyd | become too stagnant). The prognosis is that within a century or two Floyd | Elysian society will have become non-viable and the Empire will be Floyd | able (and obliged) to move in with a fresh bunch of settlers and make Floyd | something of the world (though this is not to be communicated to any Floyd | of the current inhabitants) but in the meanwhile, the Elysians are to Floyd | be left alone to decay as they wish, since there must be no repetition Floyd | of past tragedies (there's a link to a file explaining this in more Floyd | detail, but it turns out you don't have the security clearance to read Floyd | it). The summary ends with an instruction to all imperial personnel Floyd | operating on Elysium to keep contact and interference to the bare Floyd | minimum required to monitor the status of Elysian society and ensure Floyd | no outside interference. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Thanks, David - I was scrolling back for it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask computer about petroc" | ||||
Floyd | You cannot talk to that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter report" | inky says, "whoops! sorry, yeah, I guess it's not an ask/tell thing, just this blurb" | |||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | This doesn't achieve much. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up petroc on computer" | ||||
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be any link to that from the report you're Floyd | viewing. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "unless you find another datatab, of course" | |||
| inky says, "hmm, or maybe I'm wrong" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look up empire on computer" | ||||
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be any link to that from the report you're Floyd | viewing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You're not currently talking to anyone. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up elysium on computer." | ||||
Floyd | The console screen displays a recent report on the status of Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | The summary page tells you that the current population of the planet Floyd | is a mere 11,345 (as of the latest count, last year), and that Elysium Floyd | has the lowest GDP per head of any planet of the Empire by a very long Floyd | way. The population apparently peaked at around fifteen thousand Floyd | about a century ago and has been declining slowly ever since (there's Floyd | a link to a lengthy social-scientific analysis of this, but you're Floyd | content with the summary, which suggests that the society has simply Floyd | become too stagnant). The prognosis is that within a century or two Floyd | Elysian society will have become non-viable and the Empire will be Floyd | able (and obliged) to move in with a fresh bunch of settlers and make Floyd | something of the world (though this is not to be communicated to any Floyd | of the current inhabitants) but in the meanwhile, the Elysians are to Floyd | be left alone to decay as they wish, since there must be no repetition Floyd | of past tragedies (there's a link to a file explaining this in more Floyd | detail, but it turns out you don't have the security clearance to read Floyd | it). The summary ends with an instruction to all imperial personnel Floyd | operating on Elysium to keep contact and interference to the bare Floyd | minimum required to monitor the status of Elysian society and ensure Floyd | no outside interference. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "links" | ||||
Floyd | The word "links" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up bridge on computer" | ||||
Floyd | There doesn't seem to be any link to that from the report you're Floyd | viewing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "consult computer about tragedies" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look up elders on computer" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays a link to that information, but when you try to Floyd | access it you find you don't have the necessary security clearance to Floyd | read it. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | There doesn't seem to be any link to that from the report you're Floyd | viewing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "did the bug record any security codes?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. Dunno how we'd access that." | ||||
| Catena asks, "is it a datatab?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We have no way of getting info from the bug or cube, afaik." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Don't think so." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | You see no cube here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to David), "We could perhaps try throwing some more ham at them." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, or tell Floyd | her about yourself, old Jeb, Leela, the robot, the town, the Elder, or Floyd | the receiving device.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "(actually it is)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about elder" | ||||
Floyd | "I've had my meeting with the Elder," you tell her, "He wasn't all Floyd | that bothered about the Federation crisis, and he didn't have much to Floyd | say about how things were going here, but he did mention something Floyd | some old farmer said, and I think it might be worth looking into." Floyd | Floyd | "What was that, sir?" Sublieutenant Soolin inquires. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, the Elder seemed inclined to dismiss it, and it could be Floyd | rubbish, but it sounded like the old farmer saw something that could Floyd | just possibly have been an unauthorised shuttle landing," you tell Floyd | her. Floyd | Floyd | "If someone is making an unauthorised visit here, I suppose that's Floyd | something you need to investigate, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin Floyd | acknowledges dubiously. Floyd | Floyd | "Quite," you concur. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks (of inky), "It is what?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Or do you LAC?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm not sure how much credence I should give to the Elder's report of Floyd | what the old farmer thought he saw, but maybe I should see if I can Floyd | find out any more," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Whatever you think, sir," she agrees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying an ID card, a pair of safety pins, a crumpled piece Floyd | of paper, a plain white sheet, a white pillowcase, a small iron key, Floyd | and a fishing rod. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | The purple belt contains a drik. Your right pocket contains a tiny Floyd | black bug. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh, I meant the black cube" | |||
| DavidW says (to inky), "We left most of the stuff upstairs." | ||||
| inky says, "but it seems to have wandered off" | ||||
| inky says, "aha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "If getting across the river is a puzzle we have to solve I shall be angry because we should just fly our little shuttle across the river." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the hatch) Floyd | Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base and a flag flying from its top. At the far end is an Floyd | array of solar panels, while in between a narrow staircase leads back Floyd | down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | You see an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a small Floyd | loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of cloth, and a Floyd | piece of ham) and a small black cube here. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh wait. You mean the cube is a datatab?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "That's..." | ||||
| inky says, "this cheese smell is not really an argument for t3 sense-passing" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take all" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | old brown sack: Taken. Floyd | small black cube: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | The small black cube looks like it's made of some kind of shiny Floyd | plastic, and seems featureless apart from the small slot in the side. Floyd | Your drik tells you that it is in fact some kind of receiver. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The cube is a receiver." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "heh" | ||||
| Catena says, "that would be typical of science fiction though" | ||||
| inky says, "the purple datatab is also a cube" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "oh. Slot in side of the cube?" | ||||
| inky says, "I could be wrong here" | ||||
| inky says, "I guess -- yeah" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look in slot" | ||||
Floyd | The small slot contains a black datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I missed the slot." | |||
| inky says, "there we are" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "oooh" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get black datatab" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x it" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small square of black plastic or polymer, about 7mm to a side. Floyd | By some kind of molecular wizardry, the precise technical details of Floyd | which escape you, it's capable of holding several terabytes of data. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Let's read it." | |||
| DavidW says, "I miss things in these sessions. Esp. if I run away and eat." | ||||
| DavidW says, "please" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Or get knocked offline." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take purple datatab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the purple datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take black datatab" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the black datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "anything behind the portrait?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put black datatab in slot" | ||||
Floyd | (the slot) Floyd | The screen displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "No." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "access denied; cheese enabled" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter ISL-GF-PPn342" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We need a new access code." | |||
| Catena says, "ni" | ||||
| Catena says, "42" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter jeb" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under desk" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing under the white desk. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look under chair" | ||||
Floyd | Which chair do you mean, the red chair, the comfortable mock-leather Floyd | chair, or the white chair? Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I don't think this is a password you can guess, IIRC" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "red" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the red chair. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter truocrah" | Jacqueline says, "If it's anything like our own password, then no." | |||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter faint cheesy smell" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that to a cheesy smell. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "With our luck, it's printed on the cat's collar." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "snrk" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The small black cube looks like it's made of some kind of shiny Floyd | plastic, and seems featureless apart from the small slot in the side. Floyd | Your drik tells you that it is in fact some kind of receiver. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Mmkay, we could leave our bag of stuff here and follow him across the street, or head out and go see Leela." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at black datatab" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the black datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "I like the idea of bugging him, might tell us about leela" | |||
| DavidW says, "I think we need to get in the inn or explore the forest." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "or enter the hall?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's do that." | ||||
| Catena says, "upper floor of the inn might be interesting" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Can we reach the inn from our roof?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, I don't think so. Try, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm up for someone else driving for a bit." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Unless I get to go see Leela." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base and a flag flying from its top. At the far end is an Floyd | array of solar panels, while in between a narrow staircase leads back Floyd | down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flag" | ||||
Floyd | The imperial flag is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "lower flag" | ||||
Floyd | You lower the flag to the base of the pole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take flag" | ||||
Floyd | (first detaching the imperial flag from the rope) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "take pole" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the fishing rod. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "take flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put flag in locker" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close locker" | ||||
Floyd | Closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | You're not athletic enough to shin up the flagpole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x inn" | ||||
Floyd | It's a two-storey wooden house in apparently quite good repair. A Floyd | sign hangs above the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||||
Floyd | It's too far away to make out any detail. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter inn" | ||||
Floyd | The large green house is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to inn" | ||||
Floyd | You see no to inn here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x parapet" | ||||
Floyd | The parapet running round the edge of the roof is only about a metre Floyd | high, and so would not provide much of a barrier to someone determined Floyd | to jump off or clumsy enough to fall over. In common with the rest of Floyd | the building it's covered in white plaster. A close examination of the Floyd | parapet reveals what looks like a fresh scratch. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "jump to inn?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x scratch" | ||||
Floyd | It's a short vertical scratch on the inside near the top, as though Floyd | someone had recently dragged a sharp object up the plaster. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "interesting" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "A HOOK" | ||||
| DavidW says, "grabbling hook, I guess." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x plaster" | ||||
Floyd | The parapet running round the edge of the roof is only about a metre Floyd | high, and so would not provide much of a barrier to someone determined Floyd | to jump off or clumsy enough to fall over. In common with the rest of Floyd | the building it's covered in white plaster. A close examination of the Floyd | parapet reveals what looks like a fresh scratch. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look over parapet" | ||||
Floyd | You see no over parapet here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump over it" | ||||
Floyd | You're not feeling that suicidal. Floyd | Floyd | > | WeirdBeard asks, "I haven't been on as often as I used to. Are Clubfloyd games usually this involved?" | |||
| DavidW says, "not always" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "They tend to not go this long, no." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But we're enjoying it, so." | ||||
| DavidW says, "this one is dragging a bit" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "go down and access the inn from there?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "or check out the robot more?" | ||||
| WeirdBeard says, "Not that I've even been paying much attention." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb sign" | ||||
Floyd | The weatherbeaten hanging sign is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unscrew pole" | ||||
Floyd | Which pole do you mean, the flagpole, or the fishing rod? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "flagpole" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the flagpole. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "inn" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x inn" | ||||
Floyd | It's a two-storey wooden house in apparently quite good repair. A Floyd | sign hangs above the door. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sign" | ||||
Floyd | The weatherbeaten sign is decorated with a faded picture of a sheaf of Floyd | wheat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read it" | ||||
Floyd | The weatherbeaten sign is decorated with a faded picture of a sheaf of Floyd | wheat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to open the green door) Floyd | The green door seems to be locked. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock green door with key" | ||||
Floyd | The small iron key doesn't fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x ground" | ||||
Floyd | The street, such as it is, is little more than a beaten earth path Floyd | between the buildings. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, gotta go -- good luck" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hall" | ||||
| inky has had his fill of playing for now, and goes back to the Lounge. | ||||
Floyd | It's the largest building at the east end of the town, but only on Floyd | Elysium would it look at all impressive. It has something of the look Floyd | of a run-down village hall, or a primitive parish church without a Floyd | spire. At some point in its history it was painted red, but the Floyd | paintwork has long since grown shabby and faded. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | Petroc turns away from you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Bye, inky" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about hall" | ||||
Floyd | "Hello again!" you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, it's you," he grunts. Floyd | Floyd | "What's the hall used for?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "Meetings, mainly," he replies laconically. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x windows" | ||||
Floyd | They're just unglazed rectangles high up in the walls, serving to let Floyd | the light in but hardly to exclude cold draughts. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x benches" | ||||
Floyd | The long wooden benches are about as basic as they can get, little Floyd | more than planks on legs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stage" | ||||
Floyd | A raised area a couple of metres deep occupies the northern end of the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is standing on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sit on bench" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now sitting on the benches. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc resumes pacing around the stage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clasps his hands together and peers out over the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about stage" | ||||
Floyd | "Pardon my bothering you, but I just wondered whether I might have Floyd | another word," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "If you must," he sighs. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc drowns your question in a fit of coughing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell him about the Federation, or Relda, ask him about the Floyd | Empire, or technology, or ask him for clothing. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Enh. All old." | |||
| DavidW says, "I guess this is a way you can continue to quiz him after the 'official' bit is done." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "In which case we can leave, assuming the building is just for meeting him here." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc resumes pacing around the stage. Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the narrow farm track for a few hundred metres, until Floyd | you see what you take to be a distant farmhouse some way further off Floyd | to the east. Then you pause, remembering your orders tell you to Floyd | leave the settlers alone (apart from the Elders you've come to meet), Floyd | so after a few moments' hesitation you turn round and come back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk a dozen metres or so down the path to the south, but find it Floyd | quickly reaches the edge of town and heads out over farmland. Floyd | Remembering that you're meant to be avoiding contact with all settlers Floyd | apart from the Elders, you decide to turn round and retrace your Floyd | steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Leela, I guess." | |||
| DavidW says, "or robot, maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "LeeLA. LeeLA" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline jumps up and down. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "I think she was here?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf7" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You wander off among the trees to the east of the path, but find Floyd | little of interest beyond more trees. Rather than wasting time in Floyd | this part of the forest you return to the main path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Possibly it is the cheesy smell that is repelling her!" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "(Kidding.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(It should draw her in.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Okay, so that just swung us 'round, eh?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we're meant to find our way through the thinning forest somehow." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, this is too far north." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, yeah, she was definitely closer to town than this." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path twists and turns through the trees, but broadly continues Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "She was at Edge. I checked." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, it didn't seem like there was much to the thinning forest." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
Floyd | Well, they certainly have plenty of leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "snrk" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search ground" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "listen" | ||||
Floyd | It is not quite silent here; there are quiet forest sounds all around, Floyd | maybe the rustling caused by small animals you cannot see, or the play Floyd | of wind in the leaves. But though not silent, it is certainly quiet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | You're not sure you can; tree-climbing wasn't a skill they taught you Floyd | at the Legion Training School, and it feels beneath your dignity to Floyd | attempt it now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "count leaves" | ||||
Floyd | The word "count" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x path" | ||||
Floyd | You see no path here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(maga wanted me to count the leaves)" | |||
| DavidW says, "uh-huh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "xyzzy" | ||||
Floyd | It's a thousand years too late for such nonsense. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, or tell Floyd | her about yourself, old Jeb, Leela, the robot, the town, the Elder, Floyd | the receiving device, the black datatab, or the bug.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to David), "Add that to your list." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about forest" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | You've already explained to her what you know about old Jeb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about black datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a black datatab in the black cube I found in the barn." you Floyd | tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "If you can find out what's on it, you may be able to work out who's Floyd | behind all this, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | "My thought entirely, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a black datatab in the black cube I found in the barn." you Floyd | tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "If you can find out what's on it, you may be able to work out who's Floyd | behind all this, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | "My thought entirely, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The elder distinctly said we're to find something in the forest." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh yeah, he did. I'd forgotten." | ||||
| DavidW says, "hope we don't need the dog to sniff it out." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search forest" | ||||
Floyd | (the autumnal trees) Floyd | Well, they certainly have plenty of leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "The dog did not like us." | |||
| DavidW says, "well, maybe we should've given him ham." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Also, why did you give the trout to the cat when you could have just stunned the cat? And why did you have to fish for trout the traditional way when you could have just stunned them in the water like some thirtieth century redneck?" | ||||
| Bert asks, "Trick ham?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "heck, we could try to wake the dog and still feed him." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yes." | ||||
| DavidW says, "The traditional way of dealing with animals is feeding them." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "We could also just (save first) and return to the ship and see that ending where we've done our duty." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 539 moves, you have scored 8 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 18 points. Floyd | Floyd | (To see a detailed accounting of your score, type FULL SCORE.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wake dog" | ||||
Floyd | The word "wake" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dog" | ||||
Floyd | It's an ugly black mongrel with fierce-looking teeth. It is lying on Floyd | the ground. It's unconscious. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take dog" | ||||
Floyd | The dog is far too large for you to pick up and carry around with you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wave cheese under dog's nose" | ||||
Floyd | The word "nose" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "help dog" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give ham to dog" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the piece of ham from the old brown sack) Floyd | The dog will be out cold for hours. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kick dog" | ||||
Floyd | It's probably best to let sleeping dogs lie. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put ham in sack" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" | ||||
Floyd | The bridge looks ruined beyond any hope of repair; it's now little Floyd | more than a collection of rotting beams slowly tumbling into the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x beams" | ||||
Floyd | The bridge looks ruined beyond any hope of repair; it's now little Floyd | more than a collection of rotting beams slowly tumbling into the Floyd | river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fix bridge" | ||||
Floyd | The word "fix" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take beams" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||||
Floyd | The river runs sluggishly from northwest to south, bending just Floyd | upstream of where the bridge once used to cross it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | No one can cross the bridge in its present state, and there doesn't Floyd | seem to be any other way across the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "swim" | ||||
Floyd | You really don't fancy trying to swim across the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ah, so it just rotted away, as opposed to being destroyed." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take door" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Let's fly the shuttle across." | |||
| DavidW says, "you think that'll work? I suppose it's worth a try." | ||||
| DavidW says, "go for it" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I suspect it won't." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But we could try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "e" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, I haven't seen raft material or canoes or trees to fell." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk back up over the ridge, and descend into the hollow on the Floyd | far side. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Or hot air balloons or wishing pigeons." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "IRTA wishing penguins" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Or secret underground tunnels." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Which is equally silly." | ||||
| Catena says, "or tardises or person-sized catapults" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Shuttle Floyd | The inside of the shuttle is not exactly spacious; there's room for Floyd | the pilot and three passengers, one beside the pilot and two behind. Floyd | The seats are comfortable enough, but otherwise it's all pretty basic. Floyd | There's not much in front of you except the forward window; the pilot Floyd | has a bank of instruments. Floyd | Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin is sitting in the pilot seat. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | As you clamber into the flyer you sit yourself down on the front Floyd | passenger seat, next to the pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, sir!" Sublieutenant Soolin greets you, "Does this mean you're Floyd | all done and ready to leave?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Actually, no. Homing pigeon. From Zork Zero." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "No, not yet," you reply, "I still have things to do here." Floyd | Floyd | "Very well," she sighs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about river" | ||||
Floyd | "What do you reckon about the river, sublieutenant?" you enquire. Floyd | Floyd | In reply she frowns, as if she doesn't quite see the point of your Floyd | question. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Soolin, fly" | ||||
Floyd | "It's time to fly, sublieutenant," you announce. Floyd | Floyd | "Where do you want to go, sir?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her to return to the ship, ask her about herself, or Floyd | the Federation crisis, tell her to leave, or tell her about Leela, the Floyd | robot, the town, the Elder, the receiving device, or the bug.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "farm" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soolin, fly to jeb" | ||||
Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin sees no to jeb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "soolin, fly across river" | ||||
Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin sees no river. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's see what the ending would be here, anyway." | ||||
| Catena says, "ride across the river to the other side, take me to the river." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Soolin, fly to ship." | ||||
Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin sees no to ship. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Soolin, return to ship." | ||||
Floyd | "Let's go back to the ship," you say, "I've finished here." Floyd | Floyd | "Right you are, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin turns to the controls and starts up the shuttle. Floyd | Within seconds the argoms cut in and the shuttle lifts effortlessly up Floyd | into the air. You glance down at the forest and the tiny town below Floyd | for one last time, but they shrink rapidly out of sight as the shuttle Floyd | speeds skywards towards the orbiting frigate. For a moment, you Floyd | wonder whether you'll ever see Elysium again, but then Sublieutenant Floyd | Soolin starts chatting with you, and your thoughts turn to the more Floyd | immediate future. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVEN'T ACHIEVED MUCH *** Floyd | Floyd | In 565 moves, you have scored 8 of a possible 30 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf8" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "What is north of the hollow?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, wait, that's what I was trying to do, but went the wrong way." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Some ranger I am." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk back up over the ridge, and descend into the hollow on the Floyd | far side. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk a few paces to the north, but it rapidly becomes apparent Floyd | that there's nothing that way but farmland, and you don't want to risk Floyd | an unscheduled encounter with one of the settlers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Ah." | |||
| Limax asks, "How did the rest of the game go?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Next?" | ||||
| Catena says, "there wasn't any obzious path, so you went back..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Still pluggin' away." | ||||
| Limax arrives, full of fun and funk. | Limax says, "Oh... we're still going" | |||
| Catena says, "search found no new path" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeppers." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "I hope I don't need to know all the info you guys got from Petroc. Wasn't any of it useful?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Must... find... Jeb..." | ||||
| Catena asks, "searching leaves for clues of transit?" | ||||
| Catena asks, "branches; blazed trees, disturbed earth?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "I think it was mostly filler, David, but there was the bit about Jeb and of something we needed to see in the forest. Can you scroll back and read that bit?" | ||||
| Catena asks, "trail?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "no I can't. Too far back." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "One sec, I'll send it to you, just in case something jumps out at you. Limax, you want a copy? Or are you just skimmin'?" | ||||
| Catena says, "he said we need to see something in the forest to judge how effective the Empire's protection is" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Also, DW, did you save that part of the transcript where I got bumped?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Perhaps the black datatab has a map through the forest." | ||||
| Limax says, "I'm skimmin" | ||||
| Limax says, "Multitasking between here and the real world" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Sent" | ||||
| DavidW says, "let's head back to the robot. See if there's a clue there." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "mmkay" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Lead on." | ||||
| DavidW says, "um, I can't. Not if I'm trying to get to my email." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "10-4" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I shall head back to the bedroom." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path twists and turns through the trees, but broadly continues Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the purple door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | (the street door) Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. The top drawer Floyd | contains a duvet. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x robot" | ||||
Floyd | It's one of those small cylindrical jobs, basic but robust. Floyd | Presumably it carries out the routine maintenance and cleaning in this Floyd | building. There's a yellow sticker attached to it. It's currently Floyd | plugged into the wall, charging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unplug robot" | ||||
Floyd | You'd better not do that while the robot is still charging. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sticker" | ||||
Floyd | The sticker reads, "Last maintenance check 14-Mar-80: Fixed glitch in Floyd | laundry program." Under the notation is a Harcourt Research Logo. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "sticker?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take robot" | ||||
Floyd | (first putting your ID card in your left pocket to make room, putting Floyd | the crumpled piece of paper in your right pocket to make room, putting Floyd | the plain white sheet in the old brown sack to make room, putting the Floyd | fishing rod in the old brown sack to make room, putting the small Floyd | black cube in the old brown sack to make room, then putting the old Floyd | brown sack in the white pillowcase to make room) Floyd | The robot is too bulky. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "laundry program?" | |||
| Catena asks, "logo?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The robot keeps things clean, and it accidentally put the flag in the dresser here but part of the linens upstairs by the flagpole." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So now it's fixed." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x logo" | ||||
Floyd | The logo depicts a pair of spaceships orbiting a sun in a manner that Floyd | resembles a pair of electrons orbiting an atomic nucleus. The Floyd | intention is presumably to convey that Harcourt Research's Floyd | technological competence encompasses all scales. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Harcourt is a shifty company, we've discovered." | |||
| Catena asks, "what did they do?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, their CEO dude was convicted of treason or something. Let me go back and find it." | ||||
| Limax says, "This isn't working... I'll see everyone later when I can be back on tf" | ||||
| Limax walks slowly out of the room and into the sunset. | Jacqueline | "What do you think of Harcourt Research, sublieutenant?" you ask. | |||
| Jacqueline | | ||||
| Jacqueline | "From what point of view, sir?" she asks, "They make a lot of decent | ||||
| Jacqueline | products, but as a corporation they stink, as I'm sure I have no need | ||||
| Jacqueline | to tell you! I mean, Senator Harcourt has been arrested for treason!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Bye, Limax." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm not sure the robot is important except as a clue." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I want to go poke around town." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You've already discovered that there's nothing that way but farmland, Floyd | and you're not meant to be trampling over settlers' farms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter barn" | ||||
Floyd | (first entering the west end of the town) Floyd | Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table is positioned next to the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "I guess we did'nt find what the elder wanted us to in the forest?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We tried, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take ladder" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "meh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shutter" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a plain wooden shutter, mounted on the east wall. It's Floyd | open. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "maybe we can find a path through the part that turns us back because of no obvious path" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take shutter" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm trying to look for something that either lets us climb the green building or cross the river, though of course these may be red herrings." | |||
| DavidW says, "The shutter is a door for a glassless window, really." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, is that how you all got in? I was gone for that." | ||||
| DavidW says, "no. That was for light." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of DW), "Did you notice anything in our dealings with the old man?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x table" | ||||
Floyd | It's a long wooden table, probably used by market traders selling Floyd | their produce. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no, nothing new I could see." | |||
| DavidW asks, "Gonna push the table into the river? Or to the inn?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take table" | ||||
Floyd | You can't take that, but you might be able to push it somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the west end of the town. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table e" | ||||
Floyd | The street is too rough for you to push the trestle table very far in Floyd | that direction. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Why is it pushable?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shacks" | ||||
Floyd | They're both small, single-storey wooden buildings. They may once Floyd | have constituted rudimentary homes for people staying in the town, but Floyd | they look long-since abandoned. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That's how we got to the loft." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | ||||
| Catena says, "this game is a platformer ;)" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I pushed it into the barn from the marketplace." | ||||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| DavidW says, "I guess the cat's gone." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "So much for looking at its collar." | ||||
| DavidW says, "It might not have one." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table stands in the middle of the road. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I was guessing, maybe, possibly." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk north along the river bank, but at no point do you see Floyd | anywhere the river could readily be crossed. You continue north up Floyd | the slope until you come to the edge of the forest, which quickly Floyd | becomes too dense for you to make any further progress, so at that Floyd | point you turn round and retrace your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, I realize. Just sayin'" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x river" | ||||
Floyd | The river flows southwards along the west side of the market area. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rubbish" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing here you could use for food. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "try south along river?" | |||
| Bert asks, "What are you working on now?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table stands in the middle of the road. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "Did you guys try pushing the table into the river yet?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Oh, just trying to figure out WHAT IN THE HELL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "(Sorry. I'm fine. Really.)" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I tried that. Couldn't." | ||||
| Bert asks, "What have you done with the mysterious girl in the forest?" | ||||
| Catena says, "crossing the river, I'd like to build a person-sized catapult to fling us across" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Tried finding her. She's gone." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "Our main puzzles: getting to Jeb on other side of river; reading the black datatab (need password)." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Catena), "Go for it1" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "er, !" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Catena), "You saw a way to do that?" | ||||
| Catena says (to floyd), "build catapult" | ||||
Floyd | The word "build" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I think she's kidding." | |||
| Catena says, "no" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That would have been fun, though. Probably dangerous, but fun." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can we break the table and make a raft?" | ||||
| Bert says, "You could test it on the dog first." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, "I've seen catapults in other games, but they're mostly complete and only missing one thing." | |||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table stands in the middle of the road. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "True." | |||
| Bert says, "Although then it might be a dogapult." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "break table." | ||||
Floyd | That might be possible, but it would be a pointless act of destructive Floyd | vandalism. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "I think however we cross will be two-way, to get back to our ship" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh man I walked right into that one." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table west" | ||||
Floyd | No one can cross the bridge in its present state, and there doesn't Floyd | seem to be any other way across the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table into river" | ||||
Floyd | (first trying to take the trestle table) Floyd | You can't take that, but you might be able to push it somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "the forest is northerly? the river might narrow" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn over table" | ||||
Floyd | You see no over table here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Do you want me to make a suggestion that may or may not be helpful?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn table over" | ||||
Floyd | You see no table over here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table north" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the market area. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm. No, Bert." | |||
| Bert says, "OK." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We like struggling." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There is a hint system if we want it, methinks." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But we're not there quite yet. Close, perhaps." | ||||
| Bert says, "I shall go back to being distracted by Canadian sitcoms." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x shed" | ||||
Floyd | The small wooden shed might be for storage, or it might be some sort Floyd | of stall. Either way it's a crude wooden structure with a plain Floyd | wooden door. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We could ask Petroc how to cross the river, I suppose. Or call Leela." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "How do we call her?" | ||||
| DavidW says, ">CALL LEELA" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'd love to see her." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "call Leela." | ||||
Floyd | You see no leela here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "or >YELL" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You scream as loud as you can. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Maybe from the woods." | |||
| DavidW says, "well, at Edge of Forest, y'know. Not here." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | DavidW says, "geez" | |||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "I'm lazy, what can I say?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "leela, got me on my knees, leela, I beg you darling please, won't you ease my progress across the river?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You scream as loud as you can. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "call Leela." | ||||
Floyd | You see no leela here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You scream as loud as you can. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "of course, Petroc rolled a disbelieve, so maybe Leela no longer exists." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "call Leela" | ||||
Floyd | You see no leela here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Spooky." | |||
| DavidW asks, "well, what if that is the real problem. Disbelieving things out of existence?" | ||||
| Catena says, "oh, we have a third puzzle, the cheese" | ||||
| DavidW says, "How do we know that's not what's going on." | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Catena), "Why is the cheese a puzzle?" | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "believe in leela" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "do we know from whence it comes?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We found it is in shed, yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "s/is//" | ||||
| Catena says, "oh, it's so stinky because we carry it" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It's stinky because it's ripe." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We smell it everywhere 'cause we're carrying it." | ||||
| Catena says, "ok" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm." | ||||
| Catena says, "there' s some direction we didn't go in the forest... there must be a way across the river because the guy who bugged the office came that way" | ||||
| DavidW says, "we could try stunning Petroc, search him, he might have a map or inn key or something on him." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes, we could try all the directions at Thinning Forest. I would try." | ||||
| Catena says, "petroc said Jeb said the craft landed in the forest I think" | ||||
| Catena says, "by Jeb's farm" | ||||
| DavidW says, "north of Jeb's farm" | ||||
| DavidW says, "if you have an idea, try it." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Where we landed?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "no. Across the river." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
Floyd | Well, they certainly have plenty of leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search trees" | ||||
Floyd | Well, they certainly have plenty of leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search forest" | ||||
Floyd | (the autumnal trees) Floyd | Well, they certainly have plenty of leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "climb trees" | ||||
Floyd | You're not sure you can; tree-climbing wasn't a skill they taught you Floyd | at the Legion Training School, and it feels beneath your dignity to Floyd | attempt it now. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "that's not helping" | |||
| Bert says, "It's not hurting." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I'm just - right" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We're tried all that." | ||||
| Bert says, "*Someone's* gotta type in some commands." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ne" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "sw" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | You take a few hesitant steps in that direction, but since you can Floyd | discern no clear path, you decide to go no further. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "is this msg a hint or a go away?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yell" | ||||
Floyd | You scream as loud as you can. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to Catena), "I think we need something else before this location opens up." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Might not be either." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we need a map, or a guide, or a decent clue." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Instead of planting the bug on a person, could we bug a place?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "The description clearly hints that we need more before we can manage this location." | ||||
| Catena says, "a compass? A footprint detector? Let's point our drik at things" | ||||
| Catena says, "Petroc said tech would help us cross" | ||||
| Catena says, "well, hinted" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at trees" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the autumnal trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stun trees" | ||||
Floyd | There's no point trying to shoot those; you can't stun some autumnal Floyd | trees. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Catena), "I think he was belittling us at that point, though." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik northwest" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "could easily be so" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Where could we bug of their town? The place where Petroc is, or the barn (whatever good that'd do us)." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to DW), "Mind if I try something like that." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Catena asks, "drik at ground to find footsteps?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "I don't know what you're suggesting but try it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think bugging isn't likely to work." | |||
| DavidW says, "It seems to me, with the discovery of the black datatab, that the info gathered by the bug is recorded on the tab. Planting the bug elsewhere won't help unless we put a tab in the cube, maybe the purple one." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Me neither, but I figure I'll try." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm, that bit about the purple tab is a thought." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "But I think more than that we need the ID to hack the black tab." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man, I'm laggy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter hall" | ||||
Floyd | (first entering the east end of the town) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, I thought the robot might help with the password." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "We went back there, but I didn't notice anything." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Since it's the only thing around by the same company." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Granted, I didn't flip him over or anything." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "plant bug" | ||||
Floyd | The word "plant" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Hmm. What was the last thing you did with Leela?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x benches" | ||||
Floyd | The long wooden benches are about as basic as they can get, little Floyd | more than planks on legs. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clasps his hands together and peers out over the hall. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "(I'm trying to remember what triggers her to go away and can't recall.)" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Us leaving." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bug under bench" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put anything under those. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clumps noisily across the stage. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x stage" | ||||
Floyd | A raised area a couple of metres deep occupies the northern end of the Floyd | hall. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is standing on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc pretends to ignore you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on stage" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clears his throat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump" | ||||
Floyd | It would be undignified, unseemly and undiplomatic to start jumping Floyd | around in front of Petroc. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove uniform" | ||||
Floyd | You see no reason to start stripping off here, quite apart from the Floyd | fact that your uniform shows that you bear the Emperor's authority, Floyd | which is what you are here to represent. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc mutters something to himself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | (out of the stage) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You've already established that the farm track leads towards someone's Floyd | farmhouse, and you're not meant to be disturbing the natives. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "enter barn" | ||||
Floyd | (first entering the west end of the town) Floyd | Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table s" | ||||
Floyd | The trestle table is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, silly me." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline stops to read closer. | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area, with a Floyd | trestle table off to one side. Gaps in the fence allow egress to the Floyd | south and southeast, as well as north along the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x rubbish" | ||||
Floyd | Scraps of rotten fruit and vegetables mingle with bits of straw and Floyd | mud, none of it any use for anyone but worms. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That's where the worm was found." | |||
| Jacqueline nods. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the west end of the town. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push table south" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the barn. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing on the trestle table) Floyd | From the trestle table you step onto one of the upper rungs of the Floyd | ladder and haul yourself up onto the platform. Floyd | Floyd | Loft Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cat is sitting happily chewing at the fish. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take fish" | ||||
Floyd | You don't really fancy the half-eaten trout, and the cat certainly Floyd | isn't going to let you steal its dinner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x box" | ||||
Floyd | It's a large wooden box with a heavy wooden lid. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cat" | ||||
Floyd | It's a large cat, black all over. It is sitting on the floor. It's Floyd | happily feasting on a trout. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search cat" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing unusual in the large black cat. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "look in box" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual in the large wooden box. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "search hay" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing under the pile of hay. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x rafters" | ||||
Floyd | The rafters are simply wooden beams running east to west above your Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of safety pins, a white pillowcase (which Floyd | contains an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a Floyd | small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of cloth, Floyd | a piece of ham, a plain white sheet, a fishing rod, and a small black Floyd | cube)), a small iron key, a purple datatab, and a drik. You're Floyd | wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Your left pocket contains Floyd | an ID card. Your right pocket contains a tiny black bug and a Floyd | crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bug in barn" | ||||
Floyd | You see no barn here. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We might try to summon Leela with the cheese smell. Open the cloth there, so the smell is strong." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cloth" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the piece of cloth from the old brown sack) Floyd | You open the piece of cloth. Inside the cloth you find a small wedge Floyd | of cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Loft Floyd | The loft is little more than a storage platform running the width of Floyd | the barn, about three metres deep, in the space under the rafters. At Floyd | the eastern end of the platform a large wooden box is fixed to the Floyd | wall, next to a pile of hay in the corner. Floyd | Floyd | The cat is sitting happily chewing at the fish. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of safety pins, a white pillowcase (which Floyd | contains an old brown sack (which contains an apple, a lettuce, a Floyd | small loaf of bread, two tomatoes, a pear, a carrot, a piece of ham, a Floyd | plain white sheet, a fishing rod, and a small black cube)), a small Floyd | iron key, a purple datatab, a drik, and a piece of cloth (which Floyd | contains a small wedge of cheese). You're wearing a purple belt and a Floyd | white uniform. Your left pocket contains an ID card. Your right Floyd | pocket contains a tiny black bug and a crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take bug" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bug in barn" | ||||
Floyd | You see no barn here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pins on sheet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put anything on the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "put bug on rafter" | ||||
Floyd | The southernmost rafter is out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "make toga" | ||||
Floyd | The word "make" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand in hay" | ||||
Floyd | It's not solid enough to make a stable platform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sheet with pins" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear sheet" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the plain white sheet from the old brown sack) Floyd | You wrap the sheet round yourself like a toga, but the style doesn't Floyd | go with your uniform, and in any case the sheet quickly slips off Floyd | again. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove uniform" | ||||
Floyd | You see no reason to start stripping off here, quite apart from the Floyd | fact that your uniform shows that you bear the Emperor's authority, Floyd | which is what you are here to represent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x southernmost rafter" | ||||
Floyd | It looks much the same as all the others. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Oh, that was where we found that cube, thing, is that why it stands out?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yes. And now the cube is gone, it doesn't stand out anymore." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, it did a second ago, that's what threw me off." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table is positioned next to the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert asks, "Did you ever manage to do any of the stuff Leela asked you to?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Want to try to attract her with cheese?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "We haven't refound her." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Well, we found food and possible clothing, but we can't find her." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put pins in sheet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put anything in the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "attach pins to sheet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "attach pins to sheet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't attach that to the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You can't attach that to the plain white sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Great minds." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "north" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You take a short stroll north along the river, but then turn round and Floyd | come back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Huh. I don't remember it being hard to find her when you came back with food and stuff." | |||
| Bert says, "But maybe I'm just forgetting that part." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open cloth" | ||||
Floyd | The piece of cloth is already unfolded. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "well, maybe it's the clothing part of it." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm - point." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We haven't proven to the game that we have clothing, per se." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 689 moves, you have scored 8 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 18 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking your ID card from your left pocket, unlocking the purple Floyd | door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a | Jacqueline says, "The whole 'ask Petroc for clothing' topic isn't exhausted yet, fwiw." | |||
Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. The top drawer Floyd | contains a duvet. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove uniform" | ||||
Floyd | You see no reason to start stripping off here, quite apart from the Floyd | fact that your uniform shows that you bear the Emperor's authority, Floyd | which is what you are here to represent. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x duvet" | ||||
Floyd | It's a good thick duvet, and looks like it should keep its user snug Floyd | and warm; its cover is patterned but predominantly purple. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take it" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear it" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x towel" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like one of those super-absorbent towels that gets a soaking Floyd | person completely dry in under a minute. It also looks fresh and new. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm..." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Useful for the river, maybe?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "wear towel" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can wear. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "I doubt a towel can soak up a whole river." | ||||
Floyd | The word "doubt" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, I realize." | |||
| DavidW says, "clog a toilet, though, is more likely." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But we can't go into the bathroom!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I know." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hrm." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | Petroc gestures with his right hand, as if practising a dramatic Floyd | performance in front of an imaginary audience. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stun petroc" | ||||
Floyd | You don't go round shooting people for no good reason. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clasps his hands behind his back. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop cheese" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small wedge of cheese from the piece of cloth) Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "drop cheese". Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "drop cloth" | ||||
Floyd | Dropped. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "z" | ||||
Floyd | Time passes... Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | You see a piece of cloth (which contains a small wedge of cheese) Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trees" | ||||
Floyd | Most of the trees round here seem to be deciduous; some are already Floyd | starting to shed their leaves, on others the leaves are turning Floyd | various shades of red and brown. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "climb tree" | ||||
Floyd | You're not sure you can; tree-climbing wasn't a skill they taught you Floyd | at the Legion Training School, and it feels beneath your dignity to Floyd | attempt it now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take cloth" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You've already discovered that there's nothing that way but farmland, Floyd | and you're not meant to be trampling over settlers' farms. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert fires up the game, finds what you probably missed. | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the purple door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x forest" | ||||
Floyd | The forest is some distance away, up the slope to the north, where it Floyd | dominates the northern skyline. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x skyline" | ||||
Floyd | The forest is some distance away, up the slope to the north, where it Floyd | dominates the northern skyline. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jeb" | ||||
Floyd | You see no jeb here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x slope" | ||||
Floyd | To the north of the town the land slopes up towards the distant Floyd | forest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x town" | ||||
Floyd | Immediately to the west is the large green building, almost abutting Floyd | the roof. Across the street to the north is a large wooden hall; the Floyd | street continues west between an enclosed market area to the northwest Floyd | and the large barn immediately to the west. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Hrm. And it is a small thing that at this point you are not likely to even notice." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter building" | ||||
Floyd | Which building do you mean, the small white building, the barn, or the Floyd | wooden hall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "green" | ||||
Floyd | The large green house is too far away. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter white" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline sighs. "Seriously?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Roof Floyd | Although the roof is not that high up, it affords you a reasonably Floyd | good view over the town. A low parapet runs round the edge of the Floyd | roof, at one end of which is a tall white flagpole with a white locker Floyd | at its base. At the far end is an array of solar panels, while in Floyd | between a narrow staircase leads back down through an open hatch. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump east" | ||||
Floyd | You can't jump over that. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "I could be mistaken." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open panels" | ||||
Floyd | Those are not something you can open. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x console" | ||||
Floyd | It's a standard model console, with a 50 cm screen and a datatab slot. Floyd | On an ordinary world it would be connected to the planet-wide datanet, Floyd | but you doubt that such a thing exists on Elysium. The screen Floyd | displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "But if you have missed the thing I think you've missed, then..." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter elysium" | Catena asks, "would it help to know which room, but not the thing?" | |||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter senator" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take robot" | ||||
Floyd | The robot is too bulky. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "turn on robot" | ||||
Floyd | That isn't something you can turn on. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take sticker" | ||||
Floyd | The sticker seems to be too well stuck to the robot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unplug robot" | ||||
Floyd | You'd better not do that while the robot is still charging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x robot" | ||||
Floyd | It's one of those small cylindrical jobs, basic but robust. Floyd | Presumably it carries out the routine maintenance and cleaning in this Floyd | building. There's a yellow sticker attached to it. It's currently Floyd | plugged into the wall, charging. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x sticker" | ||||
Floyd | The sticker reads, "Last maintenance check 14-Mar-80: Fixed glitch in Floyd | laundry program." Under the notation is a Harcourt Research Logo. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter 14-Mar-80" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x logo" | ||||
Floyd | The logo depicts a pair of spaceships orbiting a sun in a manner that Floyd | resembles a pair of electrons orbiting an atomic nucleus. The Floyd | intention is presumably to convey that Harcourt Research's Floyd | technological competence encompasses all scales. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter helium" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter HRT" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter Harcourt Research" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in slot" | ||||
Floyd | Which slot do you mean, the black cube slot, or the console slot? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cube" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual in the small slot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "remove belt" | ||||
Floyd | You've no reason to take it off; it's part of your uniform. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x buckle" | ||||
Floyd | The gold buckle is embossed with an imperial eagle and the letters I S Floyd | L. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter ISL" | ||||
Floyd | You're already in the sovereign legion office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x portrait" | ||||
Floyd | The portrait provides evidence that even on this insignificant world Floyd | someone is taking regular care of the Legion office, since it's a Floyd | portrait of Charles V, who ascended the throne only a few months ago. Floyd | He's a man of about thirty, trying to look formal despite the twinkle Floyd | in his eye, dressed in the traditional gold-trimmed purple cloak and Floyd | golden laurel-wreath crown of his office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter charles V" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can enter. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cloak" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cloak" | ||||
Floyd | A purple cloak is draped over the shoulders of the man in the Floyd | portrait. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "we missed the jet pack strapped to our back, I knew it" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crown" | ||||
Floyd | The imperial crown in the portrait was clearly modelled on that of Floyd | ancient Romans. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x eye" | ||||
Floyd | The word "eye" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "I have an idea, when you're done. We found the Heart of the Forest really unsettling, but couldn't say why, and Petroc mentioned something bad in the forest. We re-searched the Edge, but did we re-search the Heart?" | |||
| Bert says, "You just need to mug Doris DeLightning." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bed" | ||||
Floyd | The single bed is set hard against the wall. It's nothing special but Floyd | it looks comfortable enough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull bed" | ||||
Floyd | The single bed is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under bed" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing under the single bed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wall" | ||||
Floyd | Which wall do you mean, the west wall, the east wall, the north wall, Floyd | or the south wall? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "west" | ||||
Floyd | On the west wall is a small fitted wardrobe, next to the door leading Floyd | back into the office. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x wardrobe" | ||||
Floyd | It's a fitted wardrobe, inset into the west wall. It's open. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x east wall" | ||||
Floyd | The bed is against the east wall. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x north wall" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x south wall" | ||||
Floyd | Through the south wall is the way into the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bathroom" | ||||
Floyd | You pop your head into the bathroom, and note that it neatly contains Floyd | all the essential facilities in the minimum of space, but since you Floyd | don't want to wash or relieve yourself right now, there's nothing here Floyd | you need, so you return to the bedroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x toilet" | ||||
Floyd | That's in the bathroom. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "flush toilet" | ||||
Floyd | The word "flush" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bug" | ||||
Floyd | It's round and black and smaller than a pea, and could easily be Floyd | mistaken for an innocuous piece of dirt. But you now know that it's a Floyd | state-of-the-art listening device sensitive enough to pick up any Floyd | conversation held above a whisper at a range of at least ten metres. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her about herself, or the Federation crisis, or tell Floyd | her about yourself, Leela, the robot, the town, the Elder, the Floyd | receiving device, or the bug.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about herself" | ||||
Floyd | "Is everything okay back there, sublieutenant?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "No change, sir; all's well here," she reports. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't think the Empire has faced a crisis this big in a quarter of Floyd | a millenium," you remark. Floyd | Floyd | "Since the Border War, you mean, sir?" she replies, "But the Floyd | Federation is much more powerful than the Free World League ever was!" Floyd | Floyd | "Quite," you agree grimly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you reckon this Federation crisis will be over with quickly, Floyd | sublieutenant?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I wish I could say I did, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | You seem to have exhausted that topic for now. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about league" | ||||
Floyd | "At least relations with the Free World League seem better at last," Floyd | you remark. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks to the efforts of the Emperor, I understand, sir," she Floyd | replies. Floyd | Floyd | "That's right - and not least thanks to the efforts of the Emperor Floyd | when he was still a serving Legion officer," you add proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about league" | ||||
Floyd | "At least relations with the Free World League seem better at last," Floyd | you remark. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks to the efforts of the Emperor, I understand, sir," she Floyd | replies. Floyd | Floyd | "That's right - and not least thanks to the efforts of the Emperor Floyd | when he was still a serving Legion officer," you add proudly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about charles v" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, Leela, the robot, the town, the Floyd | Elder, the receiving device, or the bug. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I came across a young woman in the forest," you tell her, "she seems Floyd | in a bad way. Apparently she's an outcast - the Elders have turned Floyd | her out and left her to fend for herself. She asked me to find some Floyd | food and clothing for her." Floyd | Floyd | "Well, that's up to you, of course, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin Floyd | replies, "But I didn't think you were sent here to play the Good Floyd | Samaritan!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still wondering what to do about that young woman I met," you Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | "That's your call, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about robot" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a robot in the Legion Office building with a Harcourt Floyd | Research maintenance sticker on it," you inform her, "I didn't know Floyd | Harcourt Research Engineers visited this world!" Floyd | Floyd | "I suppose if it's one of their robots, then one of their engineers Floyd | would be the most logical person to maintain it, sir," she points out. Floyd | Floyd | "True," you concede, "But they're hardly a company I'd trust on this Floyd | particular world." Floyd | Floyd | "Right now, they're hardy a company anyone would trust anywhere, sir!" Floyd | she points out. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about robot" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still wondering about that robot, and the idea of Harcourt Floyd | Research on Elysium," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "I doubt it's significant, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, "One Floyd | engineer making a routine maintenance visit hardly constitutes a Floyd | corporate takeover!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about robot" | ||||
Floyd | It's already plain enough that she's not that impressed by your Floyd | speculations about Harcourt Research, so there's no point repeating Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, the town, the Elder, the receiving Floyd | device, or the bug. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I've just had another thought about that bug, sublieutenant," you Floyd | tell her, "I found a scratch on the inside of the parapet running Floyd | round the Legion Office roof. It looks as if it could have been made Floyd | by some sort of grappling-hook. So someone could have scaled up onto Floyd | the roof and planted the bug in the pillow-case, knowing they'd then Floyd | be able to listen into any conversations taking place in the building Floyd | whether the pillow-case was left in the flag locker or taken back down Floyd | to the bedroom." Floyd | Floyd | "I suppose that is a possibility, sir," she concurs. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still concerned about this bug I found," you remark. Floyd | Floyd | "You have every right to be, sir," she agrees, "Bugging a Sovereign Floyd | Legion building is a very serious matter." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about cube" | ||||
Floyd | "So, sublieutenant," you say, "I've found a bug in the Legion building Floyd | and a receiving device in the barn. Someone's spying on us, that's Floyd | for sure. I wonder if could be Harcourt Research." Floyd | Floyd | "This is a serious matter, whoever it is, sir," she replies, "I Floyd | imagine that means you'll need to poke around a bit more." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about cube" | ||||
Floyd | "So, sublieutenant," you say, "I've found a bug in the Legion building Floyd | and a receiving device in the barn. Someone's spying on us, that's Floyd | for sure. I wonder if could be Harcourt Research." Floyd | Floyd | "This is a serious matter, whoever it is, sir," she replies, "I Floyd | imagine that means you'll need to poke around a bit more." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, the town, or the Elder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about elder" | ||||
Floyd | "I've now done all I need to do with their Elder," you tell her, "He Floyd | didn't have anything interesting to say about Elysium and he didn't Floyd | seem all that bothered by the Federation crisis." Floyd | Floyd | "Did you expect anything different, sir?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | "Not really," you admit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about elder" | ||||
Floyd | "I've now done all I need to do with their Elder," you tell her, "He Floyd | didn't have anything interesting to say about Elysium and he didn't Floyd | seem all that bothered by the Federation crisis." Floyd | Floyd | "Did you expect anything different, sir?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | "Not really," you admit. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about town" | ||||
Floyd | "Well, I've now seen this town of theirs and I don't think much of Floyd | it!" you tell her, "It's not even a decent hamlet!" Floyd | Floyd | "You weren't exactly led to expect it would be like Romnova, sir," she Floyd | replies, referring to the imperial capital. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about romnova" | ||||
Floyd | "Have you ever visited Romnova, sublieutenant?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I can't say I have, sir," she admits. Floyd | Floyd | "You should some time," you tell her, "it's a great city." Floyd | Floyd | "So I've heard, sir," she concurs. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter romnova" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or the town. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about town" | ||||
Floyd | "The town is practically deserted!" you complain. Floyd | Floyd | "I wonder what that says about their society, sir," she muses. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about town" | ||||
Floyd | She already knows you're not that impressed with the town; there's Floyd | really no more to say about it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about me" | ||||
Floyd | "Just checking in, sublieutenant," you tell her, "right now I'm in the Floyd | sovereign legion office." Floyd | Floyd | "Right you are, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "so maybe the other landing was HRT" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | It's already plain enough that she's not that impressed by your Floyd | speculations about Harcourt Research, so there's no point repeating Floyd | them. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about password" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "When we're done with her, can we visit the Heart of the Forest?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "read letter" | ||||
Floyd | The letters I S L (standing for Imperial Sovereign Legion) are Floyd | embossed on your belt buckle in an arc above the eagle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but there may be the odd gap in the trees through which you Floyd | could pass. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "go" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x foliage" | ||||
Floyd | Actually, you're not entirely sure how alien it is, that is whether Floyd | it's indigenous to this planet or some imported (and possibly mutated) Floyd | Earthish flora you're not familiar with. But then, botany never was Floyd | your strong point. Whatever it is, the bluish-green stuff looks too Floyd | thick to wade through. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x gap" | ||||
Floyd | Apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees that looks Floyd | passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty narrow, Floyd | but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap, and then blunder around in the Floyd | undergrowth for a while before hitting on another path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | You seem to have found your way onto a different path from the one you Floyd | just left. For one thing it looks narrower, and for another it leads Floyd | west and southeast from here. The trees also look different from the Floyd | ones you saw before; there's a gap through them just to the east, Floyd | through which you've just emerged. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Woo" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh ghod" | ||||
| Catena exclaims, "woot!" | ||||
| Bert says, "Phew." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I was rereading old locations and noticed how weird/off we felt here, and that, coupled with Patroc's comment, made me want to come back." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | It looks as if the forest is gradually encroaching on this clearing, Floyd | with the line of trees advancing slowly but steadily towards its Floyd | centre year by year. Right now, it's still quite large, with a clear Floyd | path running out to the east, and another to the west. A closer Floyd | examination reveals what looks like the rotting remains of several Floyd | buildings, now heavily overgrown and scarcely jutting about ground Floyd | level, apart from the remains of a white stone building, the walls of Floyd | which are more or less still standing. This building stands just to Floyd | the south, while the clearing continues a short way to the north. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena exclaims, "you go girl!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "old settlement?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Maybe this is the scene of the previous tragedy." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x crate" | ||||
Floyd | The large metal crate was once painted dark green, and some of the Floyd | paint remains between the patches of rust. The dust on the floor Floyd | round the crate looks as if it may have been recently disturbed. It's Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open crate" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the metal crate reveals a mallet and some smelly rags. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "take mallet and rags" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take mallet and rags" | ||||
Floyd | mallet: Taken. Floyd | smelly rags: Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | The rubble prevents you getting at the cabinet to open it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "move rubble" | ||||
Floyd | There's far too much rubble to shift it all, and the pieces of rubble Floyd | covering the cabinet are too large to move. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Most of it is buried under the rubble, but the parts you can make out Floyd | are painted blue. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit rubble with mallet" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x rubble" | ||||
Floyd | You smash the larger pieces of rubble covering the cabinet with the Floyd | mallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "smell rags?" | |||
Floyd | The rubble looks like it mostly consists of fragments of the collapsed Floyd | ceiling. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "smell rags" | ||||
Floyd | They smell of muck, sweat, and stale leaves. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | The rubble prevents you getting at the cabinet to open it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit rubble with mallet" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hit rubble with mallet" | ||||
Floyd | You have already broken as much of it as much of it as you need to. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | You have already broken as much of it as much of it as you need to. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "THat's what you get from buying your leaves off the day-old shelf." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Again... great minds." | ||||
| DavidW says, "heh. worth a try." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Are these Leela's rags?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x light" | ||||
Floyd | All that's left of the light fitting is a small metal triangle - not Floyd | much more than a bare shelf - high up in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x triangle" | ||||
Floyd | All that's left of the light fitting is a small metal triangle - not Floyd | much more than a bare shelf - high up in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "like, what she was wearing?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Rags." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take light" | ||||
Floyd | Given the delapidated state of its surroundings, it is still Floyd | surprising firmly fixed in place. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says (to Jacq), "'what she was', not 'what was she'." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "unscrew light" | ||||
Floyd | You see no way to unscrew the light fitting. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "what's on the triangle shelf?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Bert), "Heh. So right you are." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Catena), "I'm not sure; it's a touch confusing." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x corner" | ||||
Floyd | Which corner do you mean, the northwest corner, the southeast corner, Floyd | the northeast corner, or the southwest corner? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "southwest" | ||||
Floyd | A broken light fitting is fixed high up - too high up to reach - in Floyd | the southwest corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "push crate southwest" | ||||
Floyd | It would be too much of an effort to push it that far, and there's Floyd | probably no need. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf9" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "hit light with mallet" | ||||
Floyd | The light fitting is out of reach. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x dust" | ||||
Floyd | Grey dust covers the one strip of floor that isn't otherwise covered Floyd | in rubble, but the dust towards the southern end of this strip looks Floyd | as if it has been recently disturbed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "stand on crate" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting in the southwest corner, then closing the metal crate) Floyd | When you stand on the crate you catch sight of something sitting on Floyd | the light fitting. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ooh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x sw corner" | ||||
Floyd | A broken light fitting is fixed high up - too high up to reach - in Floyd | the southwest corner of the room. On the light fitting is a small Floyd | silver key. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | You are standing on the metal crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take key" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The inn key, maybe." | |||
| Jacqueline skips around happily with the key. | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I love finding stuff." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x strip" | ||||
Floyd | Which strip do you mean, the piece of cloth, the narrow strip, the Floyd | blade, or the small silver key? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "narrow" | Jacqueline asks, "Yeah, perhaps. Let's look around the ruins, then go back and try it there?" | |||
Floyd | Although most of the floor is covered with rubble, a narrow strip Floyd | running from the door to the southwest corner of the room is Floyd | relatively rubble-free. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "how'd we reach it whet it's too far?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Catena), "We stood on the crate." | ||||
| Catena says, "aha" | ||||
| Catena says, "a platformer, yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | (out of the metal crate) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the metal crate. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heh" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | (out of the southwest corner) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Shoot it! Maybe there's health inside." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the path to the west, and quickly arrive at the banks Floyd | of a river. Floyd | Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is bathing in the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East Floyd | Floyd | Leela waves at you and laughs gaily. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "or coins, if we jump up from under it" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "The 'You can smell the cheese.' thing is STILL making me giggle, even though it's annoying." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "LEELA" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And she's... rowr." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, it's about time that girl took a bath." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Game halted on account of naked chyk." | ||||
| Bert asks, "Man. Do you know how pruney she must be by now, after how long it took you guys to finally find her?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Seriously." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x leela" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. She Floyd | is swimming in the river. So far as you can see she's completely Floyd | naked. Floyd | Floyd | Leela swims a little nearer. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "x leela more closely" | ||||
Floyd | The word "closely" is not necessary in this story. Indeed, you don't Floyd | need to use any adverbs in this game. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "(Kidding)" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Leela, hello." | ||||
Floyd | Leela does not appear to hear you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "wave at Leela" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "remove uniform" | ||||
Floyd | You see no reason to start stripping off here, quite apart from the Floyd | fact that your uniform shows that you bear the Emperor's authority, Floyd | which is what you are here to represent. Floyd | Floyd | Leela splashes herself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "proposition Leela" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I wanna go swimming, darn it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "splash leela" | ||||
Floyd | The word "splash" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "show food to Leela." | Catena says, "swim" | |||
Floyd | small loaf of bread: Floyd | (first taking the small loaf of bread from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the small loaf of bread. Floyd | Floyd | piece of ham: Floyd | (first taking the piece of ham from the old brown sack) Floyd | She gives you a cheery wave and continues washing herself. Floyd | Floyd | pear: Floyd | (first taking the pear from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the pear. Floyd | Floyd | tomato: Floyd | (first taking the tomato from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the tomato. Floyd | Floyd | tomato: Floyd | (first taking the tomato from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the tomato. Floyd | Floyd | carrot: Floyd | (first taking the carrot from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the carrot. Floyd | Floyd | lettuce: Floyd | (first taking the lettuce from the old brown sack) Floyd | She gives you a cheery wave and continues washing herself. Floyd | Floyd | apple: Floyd | (first taking the apple from the old brown sack) Floyd | Leela does not appear to be able to see the apple. Floyd | Floyd | small wedge of cheese: Floyd | (first taking the small wedge of cheese from the piece of cloth) Floyd | She gives you a cheery wave and continues washing herself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Whoa. Sorry 'bout that." | |||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "talk to leela" | ||||
Floyd | Leela does not appear to hear you. Floyd | Floyd | Leela gives a cheerful wave then ducks beneath the surface. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "call to Leela." | ||||
Floyd | You see no to leela here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "feeding her spam?" | |||
| Bert says, "She must have water in her ears." | ||||
| Bert says, "And eyes." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "Call Leela." | ||||
Floyd | Leela does not appear to hear you. Floyd | Floyd | Leela swims a little closer to the shore. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Perhaps we're to make sandwiches and salad." | |||
| Bert says, "And if she doesn't smell the cheese, then her nose too." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Just as you are about to go Leela swims to the bank and hauls herself Floyd | out of the water, then stands before you naked, dripping and beaming. Floyd | Floyd | "Haven't you ever seen a naked woman before?" she laughs, seeing the Floyd | startled expression on your face, "It's perfectly natural, you know - Floyd | don't tell me you sophisticated offworlders have a problem with Floyd | nudity!" As you try not to blush, she continues, "But if it is a Floyd | problem - well, I was so sure you would bring me some new clothes I Floyd | threw the old ones away. And I then managed to make myself some soap Floyd | out of guba-bark and peka-leaves, and I thought I'd give myself a good Floyd | wash. So - you did bring me some food and clothes, didn't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Bert), "hahaha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, I've found something for you to wear and something for you to Floyd | eat," you announce proudly. Floyd | Floyd | "Well, let me see then, show me!" she asks eagerly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Also, this is where it segues into an AIF game, right>" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give sheet to Leela" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sheet to leela" | ||||
Floyd | Leela looks at the plain white sheet then says, "I'll need to dry off Floyd | first before I can try wearing anything. I don't suppose you found Floyd | anything I could dry myself with?" Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | Leela looks at the plain white sheet then says, "I'll need to dry off Floyd | first before I can try wearing anything. I don't suppose you found Floyd | anything I could dry myself with?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "you wish" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give towel to leela" | ||||
Floyd | You see no towel here. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh man. Did we bring the tow -" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" | ||||
| Bert says, "Ha ha ha." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I thought I took the towel." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No." | ||||
| Bert exclaims, "Oh dear! You're stuck with her staying naked!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, evidently not." | ||||
| Catena says, "a towel is the most incredibly useful thing in the galaxy" | ||||
| Bert exclaims (at Catena), "And this Leela wants to steal ours!" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "..Leela wait right here." | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss Leela." | ||||
Floyd | "Stop that!" she cries, pushing you away. Floyd | Floyd | "Whatever is that thing?" Leela asks, pointing to the black cube. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "HA" | |||
| Catena exclaims, "and get dry!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "ha ha" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I didn't think she was referring to the black cube at first." | ||||
| WeirdBeard reveals, "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." | DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "same here" | |||
| Bert says (to Jacq), "Ha ha ha." | ||||
| Jacqueline sighs. "I guess we go get the towel." | ||||
| Bert says, "'Is that a black cube in your pocket, or does your culture have taboos about nudity?'" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk a short way down to the path Floyd | and arrive back in the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | "Look, offworlder, I'm not trying to get rid of you or anything," says Floyd | Leela, "but I'm starving; is there any chance you could find me Floyd | something to eat?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the heart of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | "I feel nice and clean now," Leela remarks, "but I don't seem to be Floyd | drying off as fast as I'd hoped. I don't suppose you've found Floyd | anything I could dry myself with?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give food to leela" | ||||
Floyd | small loaf of bread: You give Leela the small loaf of bread. She Floyd | smiles at you in gratitude, and then starts chewing it hungrily. Floyd | Pretty soon, she has eaten it all. Floyd | Floyd | "I really needed that!" she declares, "But to be honest, I'm still Floyd | pretty ravenous!" Floyd | Floyd | piece of ham: You give Leela the piece of ham. She smiles at you in Floyd | gratitude, and then starts chewing it hungrily. Pretty soon, she has Floyd | eaten it all. Floyd | Floyd | "That was good," she tells you, "but I'm still quite hungry." Floyd | Floyd | pear: You give Leela the pear. She smiles at you in gratitude, and Floyd | then starts chewing it hungrily. Pretty soon, she has eaten it all. Floyd | Floyd | "I enjoyed that," she smiles, "but to tell you the truth, I am still a Floyd | little peckish." Floyd | Floyd | tomato: You give Leela the tomato. She smiles at you in gratitude, Floyd | and then starts chewing it hungrily. Pretty soon, she has eaten it Floyd | all. Floyd | Floyd | "That's better," she announces, "I feel quite full now!" Floyd | Floyd | tomato: You offer her the tomato. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," she says, "I think I've eaten enough for now so I'll save Floyd | this till later." Floyd | Floyd | carrot: You offer her the carrot. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," she says, "I think I've eaten enough for now so I'll save Floyd | this till later." Floyd | Floyd | lettuce: You offer her the lettuce. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," she says, "I think I've eaten enough for now so I'll save Floyd | this till later." Floyd | Floyd | apple: You offer her the apple. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," she says, "I think I've eaten enough for now so I'll save Floyd | this till later." Floyd | Floyd | small wedge of cheese: You offer her the small wedge of cheese. Floyd | Floyd | "Thanks," she says, "I think I've eaten enough for now so I'll save Floyd | this till later." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh man. She's following us." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "And hounding us for a towel." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yay point for feeding the dripping thing, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing naked in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | "You haven't told me anything about yourself," Leela complains. "Who Floyd | are you? What are you doing here?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, or ask why she wants to know.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. The path twists and turns through the Floyd | trees, but broadly continues south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela reaches the edge of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | "Tell me honestly," Leela says suddenly, "Do you find me attractive?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could say yes or no, or equivocate.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wow." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, I do, Leela," you tell her frankly, "In fact I think you're Floyd | absolutely gorgeous!" Floyd | Floyd | "Why, thank you, kind sir!" she beams, "That's good, because you're Floyd | not so bad yourself!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss Leela" | ||||
Floyd | She gives you a little kiss in return. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "ew" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "ohO" | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x leela" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. Floyd | She's stark naked and dripping wet, but at least she looks a lot Floyd | cleaner than before. She looks far from unattractive, but you're more Floyd | struck by how lean and athletic her body looks. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is carrying a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, and a small Floyd | wedge of cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing naked in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "Good God, no!" you cry disdainfully, "To me you're just a common Floyd | farm-girl!" Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, I suppose that means I'm not good enough for you!" she retorts Floyd | bitterly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "She is naked and carrying a tomato, carrot, lettuce, apple, and smelly cheese." | |||
| Bert says, "How is she carrying them all? I have no idea." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee. Yes." | ||||
| Catena exclaims, "she's french!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf10" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "equivocate" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing naked in front of you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "Well, I hardly know what to say," you mutter. Floyd | Floyd | "How about a straight yes or no?" she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Leela blocks you path, "Hey! Floyd | Don't try to walk away!" she protests, "I just asked you a question - Floyd | do you find me attractive?" Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, I do, Leela," you tell her frankly, "In fact I think you're Floyd | absolutely gorgeous!" Floyd | Floyd | "Why, thank you, kind sir!" she beams, "That's good, because you're Floyd | not so bad yourself!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "odd" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, those rules fired in the wrong order just slightly." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You've already discovered that there's nothing that way but farmland, Floyd | and you're not meant to be trampling over settlers' farms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the purple door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Bedroom Floyd | This small bedroom is presumably provided in case a visiting Legion Floyd | officer needs to stay overnight, but there's not much here apart from Floyd | a single bed hard against the wall, a small wardrobe, and a small Floyd | chest of drawers. There's a door to the west back into the office, Floyd | and a tiny bathroom to the south. Floyd | Floyd | The middle drawer contains a fluffy pink towel. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the wardrobe is a small domestic robot. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "TADS 3 has the virtue of letting you shoot yourself in the foot from the ground side upwards." | |||
| Bert says, "Heh." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take towel" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "I wonder if, instead of giving her the towel, you're allowed to just towel her off..." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "You're naughty." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert exclaims, "You've already lost your chance to scrub her back!" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Just because you were afraid to go swimming." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "towel Leela" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Towel isn't a verb. So there." | |||
| Bert asks, "Dry?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "Leela, hello, your front!" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give towel to Leela." | ||||
Floyd | Leela grabs the towel off you eagerly, saying, "Hey, thanks, this is Floyd | just what I need!" Floyd | Floyd | She gives herself a good rubbing over with the towel from head to Floyd | foot, and in less than a minute she's completely dry. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I'm loving the cheese still." | |||
| Bert asks, "Also, ha ha. Are you now going to smell the cheese every time Leela's in scope?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Leela Macaroni -- she's the cheesiest." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "give sheet to Leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I couldn't find any clothes, but I thought you might be able to make Floyd | something out of this," you say, handing her the sheet. Floyd | Floyd | She takes the sheet and tries folding it and wrapping it round her, Floyd | but each time she walks a few places, the sheet slips off again. Floyd | Floyd | "It's no good!" she laughs, "I can't make it stay on! But I'll keep Floyd | it anyway - perhaps I can tear a hole it in and slip it over my head, Floyd | or perhaps we can come up with a way to fasten it." Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give sheet to leela" | ||||
Floyd | Leela already has that. Floyd | Floyd | "Now I'm dry I could really do with something to wear," Leela remarks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a pair of safety pins, a white pillowcase (which Floyd | contains an old brown sack (which contains a fishing rod and a small Floyd | black cube)), a small iron key, a purple datatab, a drik, a tiny black Floyd | bug, an ID card, a duvet, a piece of cloth, a mallet, some smelly Floyd | rags, and a small silver key. You're wearing a purple belt and a Floyd | white uniform. Your right pocket contains a crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "give pins to leela" | ||||
Floyd | "Here, I thought you could use these to pin the sheet round you Floyd | somehow," you suggest, handing her the safety pins. Floyd | Floyd | After a couple of tries, Leela apparently works out how to operate the Floyd | safety pins, then she folds the sheet and, with your help, manages to Floyd | drape it round her and over one shoulder, pinning it together in a Floyd | couple of places so that it stays in place. Finally she does a little Floyd | twirl to demonstrate her success - and the sheet still remains in Floyd | place. Floyd | Floyd | "There, that's better!" she beams. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Pins. Evil tech." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Woo my cracktastic idea from four hours ago worked!" | ||||
| Bert says, "Hee hee." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leela" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. Now Floyd | that she's cleaned up and clothed in something better than filthy Floyd | rags, she looks a lot better than when you first saw her. Indeed, Floyd | she's a remarkably attractive young woman, with a beautifully formed Floyd | oval face framed by a cascade of long dark hair. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is carrying a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, a small Floyd | wedge of cheese, and a fluffy pink towel, and she's wearing a sheet. Floyd | Floyd | "You have really been very good to me," Leela remarks, "You hardly Floyd | know me, and you're obviously someone very important, and yet you've Floyd | found the time to feed me and clothe me. I'm very grateful, of Floyd | course, but it's such a long time since anyone's been kind to me, and Floyd | I feel - I feel more than gratitude. But what can I possibly do for a Floyd | great man like you in return?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (You could offer to take her offworld, or ask her for a relationship.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Crikey. FIVE hours ago." | |||
| Bert exclaims, "You are finally catching up with yourselves!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "You can take her offworld now!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "wow" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "offer to take her offworld" | ||||
Floyd | "I could do more for you," you point out, "I could take you with me, Floyd | offworld, and find you a new home in the Empire. There doesn't seem Floyd | to be much future for you here!" Floyd | Floyd | "Could you?" she asks, her eyes lighting up, "How?" Floyd | Floyd | "I have a shuttle waiting nearby - that's a kind of flying machine Floyd | that can take us off this planet. Come with me and I'll show you." Floyd | Floyd | "All right, then; whenever you're ready to leave, I'll come with you," Floyd | she declares. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "dang" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leela about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "Do you know anything about a fellow called old Jeb?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Isn't he the old fellow who lives over...?" she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | "Over there, just across the river," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "That's right," she affirms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her for a relationship" | ||||
Floyd | "Leela, can you give me a relationship, please?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm not sure I care to!" she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't know how to use the character '/' in a command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "ask her for a relationship". Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "ask leela about jeb". Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "offer to take her offworld". Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her for a relationship" | ||||
Floyd | "Well, I find you a very attractive woman," you admit, "and it's been Floyd | some time since I... and I wondered if... well, perhaps we could..." Floyd | Floyd | "Get better acquainted?" she suggests, "Yes, I should like that - I Floyd | fancy you a lot too. Perhaps tonight we could - but in the meantime, Floyd | is there anything else you want of me?' Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "offer to take her offworld" | ||||
Floyd | "I could do more for you," you point out, "I could take you with me, Floyd | offworld, and find you a new home in the Empire. There doesn't seem Floyd | to be much future for you here!" Floyd | Floyd | "Could you?" she asks, her eyes lighting up, "How?" Floyd | Floyd | "I have a shuttle waiting nearby - that's a kind of flying machine Floyd | that can take us off this planet. Come with me and I'll show you." Floyd | Floyd | "All right, then; whenever you're ready to leave, I'll come with you," Floyd | she declares. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about river" | ||||
Floyd | "What can you tell me about the river"? you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Not much," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 879 moves, you have scored 12 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 21 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "I think we can cross where she was batheing." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "879 moves?!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, I was thinking that." | ||||
| Bert says, "In the last half hour, I think you've increased your score by 50%." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's go!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the heart of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You squeeze through the gap, and then Floyd | blunder around in the undergrowth for a while before hitting on Floyd | another path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "oh, what about the key?" | |||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "smell leela" | ||||
Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "C'mon, he dialog's not *that* bad..." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | west, and quickly arrive at the banks of a river. Floyd | Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | Leela reaches the east bank of the river with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk a short way north, but the path all too quickly starts to Floyd | turn into a difficult rocky climb, and since it doesn't seem all that Floyd | important to find what lies in that direction, you decide to retrace Floyd | your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We're ignoring the key, I assume." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You can't walk on water and you don't fancy trying to wade or swim. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Um... s/ignoring/forgettingaboutentirely - oops." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's go try it." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk a short way down to the path Floyd | and arrive back in the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "It's an *inn* you know. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, cheesy woman in a toga we could have our way with at the inn, oops, I said more." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock green door with silver key" | ||||
Floyd | The small silver key doesn't fit the lock. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "curse door" | ||||
Floyd | The word "curse" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about silver key" | ||||
Floyd | "Excuse me," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Now what?" he snaps. Floyd | Floyd | "I fail to see the relevance of that question," he complains. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about leela" | ||||
Floyd | You've exhausted that topic for now. Petroc is clearly sceptical of Floyd | what Leela told you, and even of her existence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show silver key to petroc" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc shows no interest in the small silver key. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a white pillowcase (which contains an old brown sack Floyd | (which contains a fishing rod and a small black cube)), a small iron Floyd | key, a purple datatab, a drik, a tiny black bug, an ID card, a duvet, Floyd | a piece of cloth, a mallet, some smelly rags, and a small silver key. Floyd | You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Your right pocket Floyd | contains a crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "leela knows the key?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah, maybe" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc resumes pacing around the stage. Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "show silver key to leela" | ||||
Floyd | "This looks like it could be the key to the trapdoor!" you tell her, Floyd | "Strange that it should have been left so close by!" Floyd | Floyd | "Try it, go on!" Leela urges you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leela about trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | "Let's talk about something else," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "have we seen a trapdoor?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You wander through the trees a short Floyd | way, and then manage to pick up the path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you inside. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the building with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | You see no trapdoor here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "move crate" | ||||
Floyd | You move the metal crate aside, revealing a trapdoor beneath. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks over to the trapdoor, "Oh look!" she says, "There was a Floyd | hatch under that crate all the time!" She tries to open the trapdoor, Floyd | but without success, "It's no good," she says, "I can't budge it! I Floyd | wonder what's down there!" Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "man, someone needs to set that as a default random olounge" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "unlock trapdoor with silver key" | ||||
Floyd | Unlocked. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I am seriously thinking that '<PERSON> enters the lounge. You can smell the cheese.' needs to be added to the list of generic lounge things." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting in the southwest corner, then opening the trapdoor) Floyd | Floyd | "Oh! You've managed to open it!" Leela declares excitedly as the Floyd | trapdoor swings open, "I wonder what's down there - let's take a Floyd | look!" Floyd | Floyd | Leela stands in the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Darkened Cellar Floyd | The light stealing in through the open trapdoor above reveals a steel Floyd | ladder leading back up, but the rest of this space is shrouded in Floyd | gloom. Floyd | Floyd | There's a faint cheesy smell from somewhere. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | "Gosh, that's clever!" Leela declares, "How did you manage that?" Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | A rubber raft, currenly deflated, lies on the floor. Floyd | Floyd | You see a dark green knapsack here. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks round the cellar with an expression of considerable Floyd | curiosity on her face. "This place looks old, really old," she Floyd | remarks, "I suppose it must have been part of the original building, Floyd | all those generations ago." She pauses, with a thoughtful expression Floyd | on her face, "But some of this stuff must be newer than that, mustn't Floyd | it? Take this mattress, it looks almost new! Wouldn't it have rotted Floyd | away by now if it had been put here all those generations ago when the Floyd | building upstairs was still standing? How curious! Hm, I think I'll Floyd | give it a try." Floyd | Floyd | So saying, she lies down on the mattress, placing her hands behind her Floyd | head. Floyd | Floyd | "Gosh, this is comfy!" she declares, "Much nicer than the scratchy old Floyd | straw thing I had to use back home! You want to know what I think?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "kiss leela" | ||||
Floyd | You kiss her fully on the lips, and she responds by wrapping her arms Floyd | round your neck to give you a long passionate kiss in return. Floyd | Floyd | "I'll take it silence means consent, then," Leela announces. "Well, Floyd | what I think is this," she explains, "I reckon that building upstairs Floyd | was originally built for use by the Empire, right?" Floyd | Floyd | "I reckon, so," you agree, "It looks like it was abandoned centuries Floyd | ago, but it has the look of some sort of imperial office." Floyd | Floyd | "Right," she continues, "But the Empire is still interested in Floyd | Elysium, isn't it? Obviously, otherwise you wouldn't be here. But Floyd | maybe the Empire doesn't always want the Elders to know when they're Floyd | checking up on us, so it uses this place as a secret base - that's why Floyd | they kitted out this basement. What do you think?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could agree, or disagree.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| McMartin falls down some stairs. Into a cannon. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "agree" | ||||
Floyd | "I suppose that's the most plausible explanation," you frown, "Though Floyd | this is the first I'd heard of the Empire carrying out clandestine Floyd | operations here." Floyd | Floyd | "Obviously they don't tell you everything," she remarks, "As I Floyd | understand it, the only people you imperial offworlders are ever meant Floyd | to see here are the Elders; is that right?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes," you nod, "But how did you know that?" Floyd | Floyd | "Because I never met anyone but an Elder who's ever spoken to an Floyd | offworlder," she replies, "So that means the Elders get to control the Floyd | way your people see this world, and what they think is going on here. Floyd | Well, maybe it is just wishful thinking on my part, but I'd like to Floyd | think that your people are not quite so easily duped. But because Floyd | there seems to be some kind of understanding that the only people your Floyd | people are meant to meet on this world are the Elders - no doubt to Floyd | spare the rest of us from offworld 'corruption' - the only way you Floyd | people are ever going to learn how things really are here is by Floyd | sending people to watch us in secret. What do you think?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (You could agree with her ideas, tell her that you suspect illegal Floyd | settlers, blame Harcourt Research, or say you don't know.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hmm" | ||||
Floyd | The word "hmm" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hmm" | |||
| Catena asks, "would illegal settlers land and bug the isl office, with a grappling hook?" | ||||
| Catena asks, "who would?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think it's Harcourt" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "blame Harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm wondering if it could be something to do with Harcourt Research," Floyd | you tell her, "They're a rapacious outfit, and I know at least one of Floyd | their people has been on this world recently. They might be Floyd | interested in trying to suss this place out some more." Floyd | Floyd | "Who or what are Harcourt Research, and why do you suspect them?" she Floyd | wants to know. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about Harcourt Research, yourself, the town, Floyd | Petroc, the small silver key, or the raft, say it's too complicated to Floyd | explain, or ask her about herself, the elders, Elysium, her questions, Floyd | the town, markets or meetings, old Jeb, the mallet, or the small Floyd | silver key.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "hm. I can't help think that Leela might be the Harcourt agent." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Tell her about Harcourt" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh - true." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ack. That VIXEN" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "That smelly, cheesy VIXEN." | ||||
| Bert exclaims, "Smelly... *like a fox*!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "well, maybe we should continue as if she's as innocent as she appears" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell her about Harcourt" | ||||
Floyd | "Harcourt Research is the biggest commercial organization in the Floyd | Empire," you explain, "It's a big company doing business over lots and Floyd | lots of planets. Some people have been saying for a long time that Floyd | it's grown too rich and powerful, especially as it's basically owned Floyd | and controlled by one man, Charles Harcourt. Anyway Harcourt, the Floyd | man, is now in a lot of trouble, but his company is still operating, Floyd | at least for now. Some people say it's a bit ruthless in its pursuit Floyd | of wealth and profits, so if it saw something here it thought it could Floyd | use - well, it would be tempted to send someone to investigate, at Floyd | least." Floyd | Floyd | "I'm not sure I understood all of that," she admits, "But I think I Floyd | get the general picture: there's this big group of people who think Floyd | Elysium might have something they want, and you think they might have Floyd | sent someone along to see if it's actually worth taking. Is that what Floyd | you're saying?" Floyd | Floyd | "More or less, Leela" you nod. Floyd | Floyd | She frowns thoughtfully for a few moments, then remarks, "But if they Floyd | did find something they wanted, they'd have to come back to get it, Floyd | and if they had to come often the Empire would stop them, wouldn't it? Floyd | I mean, offworlders aren't meant to come here that often, are they?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes; someone from the Sovereign Legion calls every four months or Floyd | so," you tell her, "But no one else, of course. No one else is Floyd | allowed to come here. That's the agreement we made with you." Floyd | Floyd | "I see," she nods. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||||
Floyd | The raft, which is currently deflated, is made of some dark green Floyd | rubbery material. The only marking is a small label bearing the Floyd | manufacturer's name. Attached to the raft are a small red handle and Floyd | a small green handle. Floyd | Floyd | Leela yawns and then stands up again. "Well, I can't lie around all Floyd | day," she remarks, "Found anything else interesting down here?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "take raft downriver to find illegal phlobotonium supply" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x label" | ||||
Floyd | The label on the raft reads "Relda Raft Corp. - Mark IV Inflatable" Floyd | Floyd | > | GrandInquisitor asks, "Have you saved lately?" | |||
| Catena says, "Relda fell to the eds" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I've already forgotten what Relda is." | ||||
| Bert says, "Now what in the world could you possibly want a raft for..." | ||||
| Catena says, "Feds" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You see a dark green knapsack here. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x knapsack" | ||||
Floyd | It looks reasonably new and of modern design. There are no obvious Floyd | identifying marks but it looks like it could be either standard Floyd | military issue or the sort of thing sold in camping shops anywhere Floyd | round the known galaxy, though the lack of any trademark makes it seem Floyd | unlikely that this is a consumer item. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the dark green knapsack reveals a ration pack, a small round Floyd | mirror, and a small black comb. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ration pack" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a small round hand-mirror, in which you can see your face. Floyd | Its casing is made of a rather tasteless shade of orange plastic, and Floyd | there's a serial number stamped on the back. A closer look at the Floyd | casing reveals a narrow crack running round its rim, suggesting there Floyd | may be some way to open it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small round mirror) Floyd | You open the mirror casing so that the back folds over to face the Floyd | front at an angle of about 45 degrees. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Hee hee." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You see your own reflection. How fetching. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x serial number" | ||||
Floyd | The serial number stamped on the back of the mirror is "IOHop80Advx". Floyd | As reflected in the mirror it reads "xvbA08qoHOI". Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "aha" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x pack" | ||||
Floyd | It's a small container labeled "Field Rations" It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the ration pack reveals three food bars. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x comb" | ||||
Floyd | It's just an ordinary small black comb; but a closer inspection Floyd | reveals a couple of long dark hairs attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hairs" | ||||
Floyd | There's only a couple of them, and they're very fine, so it's Floyd | difficult to be precise about their colour, but they're both fairly Floyd | long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "leela" | ||||
Floyd | That command can't be used right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leela" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. Now Floyd | that she's cleaned up and clothed in something better than filthy Floyd | rags, she looks a lot better than when you first saw her. Indeed, Floyd | she's a remarkably attractive young woman, with a beautifully formed Floyd | oval face framed by a cascade of long dark hair. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is carrying a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, a small Floyd | wedge of cheese, and a fluffy pink towel, and she's wearing a sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "She's guilty as hell, isn't she?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "compare dark hair to leela's hair" | ||||
Floyd | The word "compare" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "probably." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Quick - call CSI: Elysium" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take backpack" | ||||
Floyd | The word "backpack" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take knapsack" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look under mattress" | ||||
Floyd | The floor under the mattress looks much the same as it does in the Floyd | rest of the room. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | It looks old and battered enough to be part of the original Floyd | furnishings, although it's still basically sound. It's closed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open it" | ||||
Floyd | A plain black jumpsuit hangs in the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit" | ||||
Floyd | It's a plain black jumpsuit of a modern cut, rather too small for you Floyd | and probably made for a woman. A closer inspection reveals that it Floyd | has a single small pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "look in jumpsuit" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the jumpsuit pocket) Floyd | The jumpsuit pocket contains an orange datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah. Leela totally works for Halliburton. I mean, Harcourt." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "ooo" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leela about jumpsuit" | ||||
Floyd | "And people say I ask too many questions," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask leela about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "How long will you be an outcast for, Leela?" you inquire. Floyd | Floyd | "Goodness knows!" she replies, "This present bunch of Elders isn't in Floyd | any hurry to take me back. Maybe once they've all dropped dead their Floyd | replacements will be more forgiving - but I'm not counting on it." Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "leela, wear jumpsuit" | ||||
Floyd | "Leela, I'd like you to wear the black jumpsuit," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm sure there are all sorts of things you'd like me to do, Floyd | offworlder," she replies, "But not even an outcast farm-girl does Floyd | everything she's asked to by a man she's only just met!" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "she's good." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "She is." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "The old man wasn't lying, it would seem." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "well. Try the orange datatab and the reflected password?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you up the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Stone Building (standing in the southwest corner) Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | Leela scrambles up through the trapdoor after you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting out of the southwest corner) Floyd | Floyd | Leela gets out of the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Now that I think of it, did we ever have to help this tramp?" | |||
| DavidW says, "of course not" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Let's see where it leads." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I'm curious to see the other ending later." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "she's easy" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | The drik light goes out to conserve power. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Of course, I have to go somewhere in an hour or so." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Catena), "I think you mean 'cheesy.'" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You've already discovered that there's nothing that way but farmland, Floyd | and you're not meant to be trampling over settlers' farms. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "indeed" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | (the street door) Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a small round hand-mirror, in which you can see your face. Floyd | Its casing is made of a rather tasteless shade of orange plastic, and Floyd | there's a serial number stamped on the back. The casing is currently Floyd | open, so that the back is folded round to face the mirror. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x number" | ||||
Floyd | The serial number stamped on the back of the mirror is "IOHop80Advx". Floyd | As reflected in the mirror it reads "xvbA08qoHOI". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter IOHop80Advx" | Jacqueline says, "I'm actually really enjoying this, despite the SciFi, despite the horrible dragging bit where we wandered aimlessly." | |||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Backwards?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter xvbA08qoHOI" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take black datatab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the black datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put orange tab in slot" | ||||
Floyd | (the slot) Floyd | The screen displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "dashes?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter xvbA08qoHOI" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The screen displays: "Correct!" Floyd | Floyd | The console screen displays Floyd | Floyd | "My initial survey of the small inhabited district of Elysium Floyd | indicates that this world could well serve our interests in the event Floyd | of war with the Empire. The imperial authorities take a minimal Floyd | interest in the inhabitants, and their allegiance to the Empire Floyd | appears equally minimal. Moreover, the inhabitants are unbelievably Floyd | primitive in their lifestyle, and have no significant military Floyd | capacity. An invasion by a single company of our troops would suffice Floyd | to conquer and hold this world. The inhabitants could be forced into Floyd | slave labour (see below) and also used as hostages against any attempt Floyd | by imperial forces to retake the world. Any slaughter of Elysians Floyd | could then be represented as the consequence of a bungled imperial Floyd | military operation - indications are that this would not be the Floyd | Empire's first military blunder on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | Elysium has no industry beyond the bare minimum required to support Floyd | their primitive farming methods. Nevertheless, its agricultural Floyd | assets would be capable of sustaining a moderate-sized Federation Floyd | force if placed under Federation management and equipped with modern Floyd | machinery. Increased productivity would allow us to employ the Floyd | surplus native labour thereby created in munitions factories to supply Floyd | our forces; needless to say we should have to set up such factories Floyd | ourselves, but the natives, though primitive, do not seem unduly Floyd | stupid and could certainly be trained to work in such factories. Floyd | Floyd | Such a scheme would enable us to sustain a sizeable fleet in the Floyd | Elysium system indefinitely, apart from an imperial counter-attack. Floyd | Holding an imperial world deep in imperial space may be of both Floyd | strategic and propaganda value to us. Floyd | Floyd | Whether the capture of Elysium would in fact be strategically Floyd | worthwhile is beyond my brief to determine. My initial survey Floyd | indicates that it would be tactically feasible. Floyd | Floyd | Two further items of intelligence need to be determined before my Floyd | investigation is complete, however: Floyd | (1) How often the Empire comes to check up on Elysium. Floyd | (2) In what strength the Empire comes to check up on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | Squadleader Anita Johnson, FFIS." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oops. We told her #1 already." | |||
| Catena says, "explains her interest in us" | ||||
| Catena says, "we ARE #2" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I think we also sort of told her #2, perhaps." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about the orange datatab, yourself, the mallet, or Floyd | the raft.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a datatab," you say, "in the pocket of a black jumpsuit I Floyd | found in the basement of an old ruin in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Do you know what's on it, sir?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes," you reply,"It's a report from a Federation agent working on Floyd | Elysium, suggesting that it would be tactically feasible for the Floyd | Federation to invade and use this planet as a base behind our lines in Floyd | the event of war." Floyd | Floyd | "Goodness!" Sublieutenant Soolin's voice declares. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "The existence of this datatab shows that there must be a Federation Floyd | spy operating on this planet, sublieutenant," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I appreciate that, sir." she replies, "Have you any idea who it might Floyd | be?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "The existence of this datatab shows that there must be a Federation Floyd | spy operating on this planet, sublieutenant," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I appreciate that, sir." she replies, "Have you any idea who it might Floyd | be?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still wondering what to do about that young woman I met," you Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | "That's your call, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about anita" | ||||
Floyd | "I see, sir," she replies blandly. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I say we capture her and take her back with us." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "The existence of this datatab shows that there must be a Federation Floyd | spy operating on this planet, sublieutenant," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I appreciate that, sir." she replies, "Have you any idea who it might Floyd | be?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes - at least I have my suspicious, sublieutenant," you tell her, Floyd | "but I'd like to make sure." Floyd | Floyd | "Just as you say, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, the mallet, or the raft, or ask her Floyd | about the Federation crisis. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Let's go talk to Leela - OR SHOULD I SAY ANITA?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about raft" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this raft in the basement of the ruined building in the Floyd | forest," you tell her, "According to the label it was manufactured by Floyd | the Reldan Raft Corporation!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very odd, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin opines, "Relda's a Floyd | Federation world!" Floyd | Floyd | "Quite so, sublieutenant," you concur. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a mallet in a ruined building in the forest," you tell her. Floyd | "It looks like it's of offworld manufacture." Floyd | Floyd | "That's odd," she replies, "It would be interesting to know where it Floyd | came from; I don't suppose there's a manufacturer's name on it Floyd | anywhere?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mallet" | ||||
Floyd | The handle has a rubber grip to enable you to get a firm hold, while Floyd | the head is wood tipped with steel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grip" | ||||
Floyd | Which grip do you mean, the drik handle, or the mallet handle? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "mallet" | ||||
Floyd | The rubber grip is orange, and covers most of the handle. A closer Floyd | inspection of the end of the handle shows the words "Made on Paran" Floyd | inscribed there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I've just taken another look at that mallet I found, the handle is Floyd | stamped 'Made in Paran'!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very suspicious, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, Floyd | "especially with that Reldan-manufactured raft as well. That's two Floyd | items of Federation manufacture you've found in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Quite, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about hair" | ||||
Floyd | "You have really nice-looking hair, sublieutenant," you tell her, "I Floyd | bet it looks great when you let it down!" Floyd | Floyd | "Don't you have anything better to discuss, sir?" she retorts, trying Floyd | not to either look or sound too embarrassed. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "tell soolin about hair". Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or ask her about the Federation Floyd | crisis. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "I wonder if the Federation really would have tried to come here and Floyd | take this place over," you muse. Floyd | Floyd | "I think they're ruthless enough to try anything, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Wait - did we SERIOUSLY say that about her hair?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "I know what you meant to say, but that's what we said instead?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take orange tab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the orange datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put black tab in computer" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "yeah" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 976 moves, you have scored 16 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 21 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "full" | ||||
Floyd | In 976 moves, you have scored 16 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 21 points. Your score consists of: Floyd | 1 point for reading your orders Floyd | 1 point for finding the bug Floyd | 2 points for feeding the cat Floyd | 2 points for finding the receiver Floyd | 2 points for hoisting the imperial flag Floyd | 1 point for finding the gap through the trees Floyd | 1 point for satisfying Leela's hunger Floyd | 1 point for giving Leela the towel to dry herself with Floyd | 1 point for finding Leela something to wear Floyd | 4 points for reading the orange datatab Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "HA" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "What's great is that I misread that bit." | ||||
| Bert asks, "The part after you raised your flag and found her gap?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought it said:" | ||||
| Jacqueline | "You have really nice-looking hair, sublieutenant," you tell her, "I bet it looks great when you lie down!" | ||||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||||
| Bert says, "Oh, I thought you were talking about the fullscore." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||||
Floyd | The raft, which is currently deflated, is made of some dark green Floyd | rubbery material. The only marking is a small label bearing the Floyd | manufacturer's name. Attached to the raft are a small red handle and Floyd | a small green handle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x red handle" | ||||
Floyd | It's marked "Pull to deflate". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x green handle" | ||||
Floyd | It's marked "Pull to inflate". Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "This game is sneaky, giving you points to think you're doing the right thing when in fact you are helping the enemy." | |||
| DavidW says, "I think we should cross the river in town, and not go back to Anita/Leela yet." | ||||
| Catena looks embarassed | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "inflate raft" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft inflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | No one can cross the bridge in its present state, and there doesn't Floyd | seem to be any other way across the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put raft in river" | ||||
Floyd | The bank by the broken bridge is too steep for you to put raft into Floyd | the river here; that is, you could put it into the river, but you Floyd | wouldn't be able to hold onto it or get into it. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "oh pfft" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Can't we walk along the river in a place adjacent to here?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "not really" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Market Area Floyd | This fenced-in area of a few dozen square metres looks like it might Floyd | be used for a market, both from the rubbish that's been left lying Floyd | around, and the impress in the muddy ground of what might be stalls or Floyd | tables. A small shed stands near the centre of the area. Gaps in the Floyd | fence allow egress to the south and southeast, as well as north along Floyd | the bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | The dog is lying unconscious on the ground. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, Southeast, In Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh. I thought we could." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put raft in river" | ||||
Floyd | The bank is still quite steep here; you manage to lower the inflated Floyd | raft into the water, but then it slips out of your grasp and gets Floyd | carried downstream. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | An inflated rubber raft floats in the middle of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "Oops." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter raft" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that while the inflated rubber raft is in the middle of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena says, "doh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the inflated rubber raft from the bank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump into raft" | ||||
Floyd | You see no into raft here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to raft" | ||||
Floyd | You see no to raft here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | No one can cross the bridge in its present state, and there doesn't Floyd | seem to be any other way across the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||||
Floyd | The raft, which is currently inflated, is made of some dark green Floyd | rubbery material. The only marking is a small label bearing the Floyd | manufacturer's name. Attached to the raft are a small red handle and Floyd | a small green handle. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "swim to raft?" | |||
| DavidW says, "If we could swim, we wouldn't need the raft." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Just undo?" | ||||
| Bert says, "'What do you, the clumsy butterfingers, do next?'" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "fish" | ||||
Floyd | (fishing in the river) Floyd | (with the fishing rod) Floyd | (first taking the fishing rod from the old brown sack) Floyd | You don't catch anything; but then since your line isn't baited, maybe Floyd | that's not so surprising. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft with rod" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "fish". Floyd | Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | An inflated rubber raft floats in the middle of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | No more undo information is available. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "/undo" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't know how to use the character '/' in a command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Bert says, "(Hmm. I thought the rod would work.)" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a white pillowcase (which contains an old brown sack Floyd | (which contains a fishing rod and a small black cube)), a small iron Floyd | key, a purple datatab, a drik, a tiny black bug, an ID card, a duvet, Floyd | a piece of cloth, a mallet, some smelly rags, a small silver key, a Floyd | small round mirror, a dark green knapsack (which contains a ration Floyd | pack (which contains three food bars) and a small black comb), and an Floyd | orange datatab. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. Floyd | Your right pocket contains a crumpled piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "huh" | |||
| Bert says (to W), "That's a nitfol thing." | ||||
| Catena says, "if Eric was evil he'd have coded popping the raft with the hook" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Bert), "yeah, I didn't think it'd work, really" | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "fish for raft" | ||||
Floyd | You see no for raft here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "throw hook at raft" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small hook from the fishing line) Floyd | The small hook hits the inflated rubber raft without any obvious Floyd | effect, and falls to the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "throw hook at raft". Floyd | Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | An inflated rubber raft floats in the middle of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | You can't reach the inflated rubber raft from the bank. Floyd | Floyd | > | Catena asks, "street?" | |||
| Alex says (to Catena), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the street is under the word." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull red" | ||||
Floyd | It really isn't a good idea to deflate the raft while it's in the Floyd | water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull green" | ||||
Floyd | (the dark green knapsack) Floyd | Pulling the dark green knapsack has no effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "inflate raft" | ||||
Floyd | The raft is already inflated Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "x rod" | ||||
Floyd | It's quite crude, comprising a long wooden pole with a line attached. Floyd | A small hook is attached to the line. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "hook raft" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Bert says (to Floyd), "pull raft with rod" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "throw rod at raft" | Catena asks, "hook the handles?" | |||
Floyd | (first taking the fishing rod from the old brown sack) Floyd | The fishing rod hits the inflated rubber raft without any obvious Floyd | effect, and falls to the street. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "throw rod at raft". Floyd | Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | An inflated rubber raft floats in the middle of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Barn Floyd | This vast barn looks like it might be used as storage space for the Floyd | market opposite. A ladder leads up to a high platform at the south Floyd | end. On the east wall is a large shutter. Floyd | Floyd | The trestle table is positioned next to the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push table n" | ||||
Floyd | West End of Town Floyd | The muddy street from the centre of the town to the east ends at a Floyd | ramshackle wooden bridge that has unfortunately fallen into a terminal Floyd | state of disrepair, leaving no other means of crossing the river. A Floyd | large wooden barn stands immediately to the south, next to a pair of Floyd | tumbledown shacks, while on the north side of the street is a rough Floyd | enclosed area that looks like it's probably some sort of market. Floyd | Behind the market the land climbs up towards the distant forest. Floyd | Floyd | An inflated rubber raft floats in the middle of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East Floyd | Floyd | You push the trestle table into the west end of the town. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stand on table" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you're now standing on the trestle table. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump into raft" | ||||
Floyd | You see no into raft here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "jump to raft" | ||||
Floyd | You see no to raft here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter raft" | ||||
Floyd | You can't do that while the inflated rubber raft is in the middle of Floyd | the river. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "d" | ||||
Floyd | (off the trestle table) Floyd | Okay, you're no longer on the trestle table. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "sigh. I suppose we have to restore?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "Can we continue tomorrow or something?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sorta seems that way." | ||||
| Catena says, "fun playing with you all" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Night, Catena" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Catena, for the record, we don't normally go nearly so long." | ||||
| Jacqueline smiles. | ||||
| Catena says, "I figured so, you all are IF writers, so you know the tricks" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of David), "You want to restore just because we will otherwise have to walk back past her?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I want to restore because there seems to be no other way to get the raft back." | ||||
| Catena says, "I mean, Lost Pig would probably take you all an hour" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "How will going back to Leela get us the raft?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Heh. I think we went a bit longer than that because we tried setting so many things on fire, if memory serves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It won't... but (sorry I stepped away because I got called on the radio) I didn't realize we needed the raft still." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "How far back do we have to restore?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I hate to think. You were doing the saves." | ||||
| Bert says, "I did a save not too long ago." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, somebody saved not too far back." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "RESTORE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You see a dark green knapsack here. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf12" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, okay." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I was going to save first in case we wanted to go back. Probably not an issue." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We can still smell the cheese, thank god." | ||||
| Bert says, "I think you're under the trapdoor." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes." | ||||
| Bert says, "So you haven't done the orange datatab yet." | ||||
| DavidW But it's late. I need a break. | Catena says, "first thing after last save was examine green knapsack" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, it's outside our normal protocols, but David, since you and I are both around tomorrow, want to meet and finish at 3 your time?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Since I need to get ready to head into town for a presentation at the library?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "sure, we can try for that." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Mmkay - could you please send me the missing bit of the transcript tonight?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "okay" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And then I'll meet you at 11 Alaska time, 3 Eastern tomorrow?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Excellent." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "See you then." | ||||
| Bert says, "It's a shame that you guys were stuck so long on finding the gap between the trees." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Ah well." | ||||
| ****** SESSION TWO ****** | ||||
| Limax asks, "Wait... what are we doing again?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Finishing up yesterday's game." | ||||
| Limax says, "Oh. Right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf11" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You see a dark green knapsack here. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "can you give a recap where you got to?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm. Well, we've found Leela, and we've fed her and clothed her and possibly started some sort of relationship with her." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except we are now suspecting that she is EVIL." | ||||
| DavidW says, "But she might be an agent of the Feds named Anita." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Right." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "And... David, am I missing any other major bits?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We also found a rubber raft but foolishly lost it trying to use it to cross a river, so we're thinking we need to use it further upstream." | ||||
| inky asks, "did you find the thing in the forest the guy was talking about?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We'll need to redo the bit with the orange datatab." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "We found an old settlement area thingy, which is what we think he was talking about." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks (of David), "You were the one to drive on that, so could you redo that bit?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'm not sure how thourough the exploration of the old settlement is." | ||||
| DavidW says, "er, was." | ||||
| inky says, "it should be clear why he was bothered by it, so if you didn't see that there is more to see" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yeah, I can drive that part." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Oh, hm." | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "I wasn't there when they did the gap." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I had burgers to eat." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "You mean the alien foliage?" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of Jacqueline), "Who/what are you refering to?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "take knapsack" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "l" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l;" | Jacqueline says, "There was alien foliage around the gap we found in the woods. And a general uneasyness in that portion of the forest." | |||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Which is why I looked for and found the gap." | |||
| DavidW says, "oh. I didn't release the game was on." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | A plain black jumpsuit hangs in the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline smiles. | |||
| inky says, "this "you can smell the cheese" is starting to sound like a commentary on the pulp sfness of the game" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x jumpsuit" | ||||
Floyd | It's a plain black jumpsuit of a modern cut, rather too small for you Floyd | and probably made for a woman. A closer inspection reveals that it Floyd | has a single small pocket. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Anyway, I was wondering if that's what inky was referring to." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search it" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the jumpsuit pocket) Floyd | The jumpsuit pocket contains an orange datatab. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "no" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take orange" | ||||
Floyd | (the orange datatab) Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open sack" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the dark green knapsack reveals a ration pack, a small round Floyd | mirror, and a small black comb. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "mmkay... so you mean around the settlement itself. Aside from the naked, dripping woman who now smells of cheese." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x comb" | ||||
Floyd | It's just an ordinary small black comb; but a closer inspection Floyd | reveals a couple of long dark hairs attached to it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x hairs" | ||||
Floyd | There's only a couple of them, and they're very fine, so it's Floyd | difficult to be precise about their colour, but they're both fairly Floyd | long. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x leela" | ||||
Floyd | She's a young woman of about twenty standard Earth years of age. Now Floyd | that she's cleaned up and clothed in something better than filthy Floyd | rags, she looks a lot better than when you first saw her. Indeed, Floyd | she's a remarkably attractive young woman, with a beautifully formed Floyd | oval face framed by a cascade of long dark hair. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is carrying a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, a small Floyd | wedge of cheese, and a fluffy pink towel, and she's wearing a sheet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mirror" | ||||
Floyd | It's just a small round hand-mirror, in which you can see your face. Floyd | Its casing is made of a rather tasteless shade of orange plastic, and Floyd | there's a serial number stamped on the back. A closer look at the Floyd | casing reveals a narrow crack running round its rim, suggesting there Floyd | may be some way to open it up. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "wait, she took all the food but didn't eat it?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open mirror" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small round mirror from the dark green knapsack) Floyd | You open the mirror casing so that the back folds over to face the Floyd | front at an angle of about 45 degrees. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "She ate some of it." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x serial number" | ||||
Floyd | The serial number stamped on the back of the mirror is "IOHop80Advx". Floyd | As reflected in the mirror it reads "xvbA08qoHOI". Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look at leela in mirror" | ||||
Floyd | You see no leela in the small round mirror. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "And saved the rest (including the cheese, unfortunately) for later." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | You are already carrying the rubber raft. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Cellar Floyd | The cellar is about the same size as the room above, but in slightly Floyd | better condition. The walls have suffered from centuries of damp, so Floyd | that little of the original white paint shows through the dark mould Floyd | and damp stains. The only things of any significance to have survived Floyd | the ravages of the years are a tall metal cabinet in one corner and Floyd | the ladder leading up to an open trapdoor in another. Floyd | Floyd | A plain black jumpsuit hangs in the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | A large mattress lies on the floor in the middle of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| JJSonick arrives, full of neither funk nor fun. | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), " move cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | The tall metal cabinet is too heavy. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "u" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you up the ladder. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Stone Building (standing in the southwest corner) Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | Leela scrambles up through the trapdoor after you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green" | ||||
Floyd | Which green do you mean, the dark green knapsack, the apple, the Floyd | lettuce, the metal crate, the rubber raft, or the green stud? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stud" | ||||
Floyd | The drik goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first getting out of the southwest corner) Floyd | Floyd | Leela gets out of the southwest corner. Floyd | Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mallet" | ||||
Floyd | The handle has a rubber grip to enable you to get a firm hold, while Floyd | the head is wood tipped with steel. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x grip" | ||||
Floyd | Which grip do you mean, the drik handle, or the mallet handle? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "handle" | ||||
Floyd | (the rubber grip) Floyd | The rubber grip is orange, and covers most of the handle. A closer Floyd | inspection of the end of the handle shows the words "Made on Paran" Floyd | inscribed there. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x raft" | ||||
Floyd | The raft, which is currently deflated, is made of some dark green Floyd | rubbery material. The only marking is a small label bearing the Floyd | manufacturer's name. Attached to the raft are a small red handle and Floyd | a small green handle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x label" | ||||
Floyd | The label on the raft reads "Relda Raft Corp. - Mark IV Inflatable" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | (the street door) Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take black tab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the black datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put orange tab in console" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "type xvbA08qoHOI" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The screen displays: "Correct!" Floyd | Floyd | The console screen displays Floyd | Floyd | "My initial survey of the small inhabited district of Elysium Floyd | indicates that this world could well serve our interests in the event Floyd | of war with the Empire. The imperial authorities take a minimal Floyd | interest in the inhabitants, and their allegiance to the Empire Floyd | appears equally minimal. Moreover, the inhabitants are unbelievably Floyd | primitive in their lifestyle, and have no significant military Floyd | capacity. An invasion by a single company of our troops would suffice Floyd | to conquer and hold this world. The inhabitants could be forced into Floyd | slave labour (see below) and also used as hostages against any attempt Floyd | by imperial forces to retake the world. Any slaughter of Elysians Floyd | could then be represented as the consequence of a bungled imperial Floyd | military operation - indications are that this would not be the Floyd | Empire's first military blunder on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | Elysium has no industry beyond the bare minimum required to support Floyd | their primitive farming methods. Nevertheless, its agricultural Floyd | assets would be capable of sustaining a moderate-sized Federation Floyd | force if placed under Federation management and equipped with modern Floyd | machinery. Increased productivity would allow us to employ the Floyd | surplus native labour thereby created in munitions factories to supply Floyd | our forces; needless to say we should have to set up such factories Floyd | ourselves, but the natives, though primitive, do not seem unduly Floyd | stupid and could certainly be trained to work in such factories. Floyd | Floyd | Such a scheme would enable us to sustain a sizeable fleet in the Floyd | Elysium system indefinitely, apart from an imperial counter-attack. Floyd | Holding an imperial world deep in imperial space may be of both Floyd | strategic and propaganda value to us. Floyd | Floyd | Whether the capture of Elysium would in fact be strategically Floyd | worthwhile is beyond my brief to determine. My initial survey Floyd | indicates that it would be tactically feasible. Floyd | Floyd | Two further items of intelligence need to be determined before my Floyd | investigation is complete, however: Floyd | (1) How often the Empire comes to check up on Elysium. Floyd | (2) In what strength the Empire comes to check up on Elysium. Floyd | Floyd | Squadleader Anita Johnson, FFIS." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by four points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Save again?" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf13" | DavidW says, "yeah." | |||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about the orange datatab, yourself, the mallet, or Floyd | the raft.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a datatab," you say, "in the pocket of a black jumpsuit I Floyd | found in the basement of an old ruin in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Do you know what's on it, sir?" Floyd | Floyd | "Yes," you reply,"It's a report from a Federation agent working on Floyd | Elysium, suggesting that it would be tactically feasible for the Floyd | Federation to invade and use this planet as a base behind our lines in Floyd | the event of war." Floyd | Floyd | "Goodness!" Sublieutenant Soolin's voice declares. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "The existence of this datatab shows that there must be a Federation Floyd | spy operating on this planet, sublieutenant," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I appreciate that, sir." she replies, "Have you any idea who it might Floyd | be?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes - at least I have my suspicious, sublieutenant," you tell her, Floyd | "but I'd like to make sure." Floyd | Floyd | "Just as you say, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this mallet in a ruined building in the forest," you tell Floyd | her, "the handle is stamped 'Made in Paran'!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very suspicious, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, "what in Floyd | seven score solar systems is a mallet made on the Federation capital Floyd | doing on Elysium?" Floyd | Floyd | "Quite, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about raft" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this raft in the basement of the ruined building in the Floyd | forest," you tell her, "According to the label it was manufactured by Floyd | the Reldan Raft Corporation!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very odd, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin opines, "Relda's a Floyd | Federation world; and what with that Paranian-made mallet you found, Floyd | that makes two Federation-made artifacts left in that building!" Floyd | Floyd | "Quite so, sublieutenant," you concur. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax exclaims, "Aha!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "I wonder if the Federation really would have tried to come here and Floyd | take this place over," you muse. Floyd | Floyd | "I think they're ruthless enough to try anything, sir," she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax exclaims, "She's a sublieutenant!" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Well, yes. So?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "You realize what that little discovery I made on that orange tab Floyd | means, sublieutenant," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Yes, sir," she replies, "it means the Federation is thinking of going Floyd | to war with us." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or the mallet, or ask her about the Floyd | Federation crisis. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Uh. I was trying to act like I waws actually paying attention" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this mallet in a ruined building in the forest," you tell Floyd | her, "the handle is stamped 'Made in Paran'!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very suspicious, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, Floyd | "especially with that Reldan-manufactured raft as well. That's two Floyd | items of Federation manufacture you've found in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Quite, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take orange tab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the orange datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Okay. Now?" | |||
| DavidW says, "We never did find the password for the black tab, btw." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Hm, true." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Now... save?" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Was there any kind of clue near where you found it?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Sure." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf14" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Not sure." | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Also, did we try the forward (not reflected) password for the black tab?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Limax), "well, there's evidence it was made by Harcourt Research." | ||||
| JJSonick says, "I actually played this before, but don't really remember the puzzles. I remember the interactions with Leela" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Jacqueline), "yes" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh. Darn." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, the raft thing?" | ||||
| JJSonick asks, "What else of Leela's has been found so far?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can try to use the raft where Leela bathed." | ||||
| DavidW says (to JJSonick), "her rags, I guess" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x rags" | ||||
Floyd | They're dirty, ragged and torn and look ready to fall to bits at any Floyd | instant. They also look suspiciously like the rags Leela was wearing. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "search rags" | ||||
Floyd | There's nothing unusual in the smelly rags. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Her old jumpsuit, but I think that's served its purpose." | |||
| DavidW says, "It's not proved that the jumpsuit is hers." | ||||
| DavidW says, "Probably is, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, it's her's. That lying, no good, cheese-infested spy." | ||||
| Limax says, "Ha ha" | ||||
| JJSonick says, "Haha." | ||||
| DavidW says, "We never found the grappling hook that must've been used to enter the Legate building." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "It's just funny, because I was all LeeLA, LeeLA, LeeLA early on when everyone else was all misSION misSION, and now I HATE HER because I hate treachery and people who smell of cheese." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, you want to go back to where she was bathing?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think we need to return to that area, yeah. I'd like to poke around a bit, but eventually, we'll need to cross that river." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | Jacqueline says, "mmhmm" | |||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "Oh, we have a silver key, but don't know what it unlocks." | |||
| JJSonick says, "Yeah, the game does a good job of making you feel burned by her deception - that's what I remember most." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x silver key" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the key to a maglock; there are no teeth or grooves and Floyd | the key data is presumably encoded in its plain metal strip. The key Floyd | is obviously quite new. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Did people seriously finish enough of this game in two hours to realize that she's a lying, deceitful tramp?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x cube" | ||||
Floyd | The small black cube looks like it's made of some kind of shiny Floyd | plastic, and seems featureless apart from the small slot in the side. Floyd | Your drik tells you that it is in fact some kind of receiver. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "if you can't trust naked ladies in the woods, who can you trust?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put silver key in cube" | ||||
Floyd | You can't put that in the small slot. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Because we've been playing, like, six hours now, or something like that." | |||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "Seriously." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at silver key" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the small silver key. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | JJSonick says, "I think I played it outside of the comp" | |||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You're not currently talking to anyone. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to JJSonick), "Ah." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You wander through the trees a short Floyd | way, and then manage to pick up the path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "sorry - telemarketer" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | North Side of Clearing Floyd | Here the clearing is more overgrown than the main part of the clearing Floyd | to the south, and among the undergrowth you can see a series of Floyd | mounds. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the north side of the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | "Something terrible happened here long ago," Leela shudders, "I can Floyd | feel it. And just look at all those graves." she turns to you with a Floyd | sombre look, "We heard stories..." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "You stunned it with your drik, right? Through the phone?" | |||
| DavidW says, "I never saw these mounds" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "i" | ||||
Floyd | You are carrying a white pillowcase (which contains an old brown sack Floyd | (which contains a fishing rod and a small black cube)), a small iron Floyd | key, a purple datatab, a tiny black bug, an ID card, a duvet, a piece Floyd | of cloth, a mallet, some smelly rags, a small silver key, a rubber Floyd | raft, a dark green knapsack (which contains a ration pack and a small Floyd | black comb), a small round mirror, a black datatab, and an orange Floyd | datatab. You're wearing a purple belt and a white uniform. The Floyd | purple belt contains a drik. Your right pocket contains a crumpled Floyd | piece of paper. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x mounds" | ||||
Floyd | The mounds are remarkably regular, all just under two metres long and Floyd | set out in straight rows. These rows seem to continue among the trees Floyd | to the north, but there the ground has become too overgrown to allow Floyd | close investigation. A closer inspection of the mounds suggests that Floyd | they could well be old graves, and including those that are starting Floyd | to be concealed by the ever-encroaching forest, there must be well Floyd | over three dozen of them. On one of the graves you can just make out Floyd | a weathered headstone. One or two of the others nearby look Floyd | suspiciously bumpy. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh. Those could be... ack." | |||
| inky asks, "hmm, no shovel?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "dig in mouds" | ||||
Floyd | The word "mouds" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, now I see why he was disturbed." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "oops mounds" | ||||
Floyd | You find the rim of an old steel helmet poking out of the top of one Floyd | of the mounds, and the end of a piece of wood jutting out of another. Floyd | Floyd | "I hope you don't make a habit of digging up graves!" Leela remarks, Floyd | "What did you find? Show me!" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x headstone" | ||||
Floyd | The headstone is covered with dirt and moss, making it virtually Floyd | impossible to read the faded lettering that was once incised on it. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "clean it" | ||||
Floyd | You wipe some of the dirt off the headstone, revealing most of the Floyd | lettering beneath. The rather crude lettering reads: Floyd | Floyd | SUBCENTURION MARK VILLIERS IPC Floyd | Floyd | b. 4th April 2687 Floyd | d. 14th July 2722 Floyd | Floyd | Slain in the Service of Justice and Empire Floyd | Floyd | R.I.P. Floyd | Floyd | "Mark Villiers," Leela reads, "He's been here a long time. What do Floyd | IPC and RIP mean?" Floyd | Floyd | "Imperial Police Corps and Rest in Peace," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "I wonder who he was and what he did to end up here, among all these Floyd | other graves," she muses. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask her where she learned to read, tell her about yourself, Floyd | the town, Petroc, the orange datatab, the small silver key, or the Floyd | raft, or ask her about herself, the elders, Elysium, her questions, Floyd | the stories, the town, markets or meetings, old Jeb, the mallet, or Floyd | the small silver key.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask leela where she learned to read" | ||||
Floyd | "Just as a matter of interest, Leela, where did you learn to read?" Floyd | you ask, a little suspiciously. Floyd | Floyd | "My parents taught me," she replies, laughing, "I know Elysium must Floyd | seem very backward to you, offworlder, but we're not so backward that Floyd | we don't have reading and writing!" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "...you LYING HUSSY" | |||
| lpsmith arrives, full of fun and funk. | Jacqueline says, "Yeah, ask her about being a lying hussy." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||||
Floyd | You can't see much of it, just the rim poking out of the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get helmet" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to pull the helmet clear of the burial mound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get wood" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to pull the broken piece of wood clear of the burial mound. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x wood" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the left-hand half of a sign that's been broken near the Floyd | middle. On it is some lettering that reads "IMPERIAL POL" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||||
Floyd | It's battered and rusty, and obviously old. It looks as if it was Floyd | once green, and on the front you can just make out a very faded golden Floyd | eagle. It looks like it might have been an Imperial Marines helmet, Floyd | but it's certainly not the current pattern. If the helmet were in Floyd | better condition, it would belong in a military museum. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show helmet to leela" | ||||
Floyd | "Have a look at this," you say, handing her the helmet. Floyd | Floyd | She takes it and looks at with evident distaste, before handing it Floyd | back. "What do you think it is?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | "It's an Imperial Marines helmet, I reckon, but one of a very old Floyd | pattern. It must be centuries old," you tell her, taking it back from Floyd | her. Floyd | Floyd | "So your soldiers were here," she remarks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show wood to leela" | ||||
Floyd | She looks at the broken sign, and reads, "Imperial Pol? Who's Pol?' Floyd | Floyd | "Police, perhaps," you suggest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "dig in mounds" | ||||
Floyd | You don't fancy doing any more digging in the graves with your bare Floyd | hands, and you're not sure you fancy digging up the graves any further Floyd | in any case: you've probably discovered all there is to find near the Floyd | surface, and you don't want to start digging up old human bones. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "plus zombies" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | North Side of Clearing Floyd | Here the clearing is more overgrown than the main part of the clearing Floyd | to the south, and among the undergrowth you can see a series of Floyd | mounds. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x undergrowth" | ||||
Floyd | The thick, tangled undergrowth looks horribly like the advanced guard Floyd | of the inexorably encroaching forest. Amongst the undergrowth you see Floyd | a series of mounds. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at mounds" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the mounds. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says, "Egad.. that cheese smell is bothering me" | |||
| Limax says, "I gotta find it and eat it" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "point drik at helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Okay, you point the drik at the helmet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put drik in belt" | ||||
Floyd | Done. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask leela for cheese" | ||||
Floyd | "Leela, can you give me the small wedge of cheese, please?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I'm not sure I care to!" she replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat cheese" | ||||
Floyd | (first taking the small wedge of cheese) Floyd | Leela won't let you have that. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "dammit" | |||
| Limax cries | ||||
| DavidW says, "I kinda want to tell Soolin about the graves." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "hahaha" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But not with Leela listening." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Hm. Well, what are we going to do with her?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "We can go back to town, but gimme asec." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Stun her? Pretend we don't know and take her back to the ship and ARREST HER?" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x remains" | ||||
Floyd | There's really very little left except some pieces of rotting timber Floyd | forming the outlines of floor plans of two or three large buildings. Floyd | Even these are largely overgrown with grass and weeds and moss, and Floyd | you suspect that in a few more decades even these poor remains will Floyd | have vanished from sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | west, and quickly arrive at the banks of a river. Floyd | Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | Leela reaches the east bank of the river with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bridge" | ||||
Floyd | The bridge has long since vanished, perhaps having collapsed into the Floyd | river a century or so past; a couple of rotting posts sticking out of Floyd | the ground are all that remain to suggest that there was once a bridge Floyd | here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take posts" | ||||
Floyd | The posts are firmly embedded in the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk a short way north, but the path all too quickly starts to Floyd | turn into a difficult rocky climb, and since it doesn't seem all that Floyd | important to find what lies in that direction, you decide to retrace Floyd | your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The trees and undergrowth along the bank make it impossible to go that Floyd | way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf15" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Thought I'd save before we mess with the raft any." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "I know he said it couldn't be made unwinnable, but, um..." | ||||
| Limax asks, "Hey... is PerrySimm around?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, since there's a chance the raft will still drift downstream." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Limax), "Yes." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "He is logging. Why?" | ||||
| Limax says, "Okay... I just had a horrible feeling... and I didn't see him connect" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah. He's on." | ||||
| Limax says, "Okay. Sorry for the interruption" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "Should we do raft first, or report to Soolin?" | ||||
| inky says, "you probably don't want her to see you with the raft either" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Six of one, half a dozen of the other to me." | ||||
| inky says, "so you might as well call soolin after you ditch her" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Might as well do raft then." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh right, she's still here." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, let's ditch her." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "er, ditch her how?" | ||||
| inky says, "walk out of the forest" | ||||
| inky asks, "and then re-enter a different way that doesn't pick her up?" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "So we're not doing the raft?" | ||||
| inky says, "oh, I dunno" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, do the raft." | ||||
| inky says, "if you're in the right place go ahead and try it" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Try it, anyway." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "oh, you're hoping to walk around her?" | ||||
| inky says, "she probably won't sabotage the raft and leave you to die in the river" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "INKY!" | ||||
| Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||
| JJSonick says, "* insert dramatic dun-dun-DUN music here *" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk a short way down to the path Floyd | and arrive back in the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh wait, I thougt you were - nevermind." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap, and then blunder around in the Floyd | undergrowth for a while before hitting on another path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the path to the west, and quickly arrive at the banks Floyd | of a river. Floyd | Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull green handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft inflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put raft in river" | ||||
Floyd | You lower the raft into the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter raft" | ||||
Floyd | You clamber aboard the raft. Okay, you're now sitting in the inflated Floyd | rubber raft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You need something to paddle with. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "paddle with wood" | ||||
Floyd | (paddling the inflated rubber raft) Floyd | You paddle the raft with the broken piece of wood over to the west Floyd | bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the River (sitting in the inflated rubber raft) Floyd | You are sitting in an inflatable raft that's floating near the west Floyd | bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Out Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ah, nice" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing up, then getting out of the inflated rubber raft) Floyd | Floyd | West Bank of River Floyd | There's a clear view up and down the river from here, and it seems you Floyd | could walk some way along the bank to north and south, while an Floyd | overgrown path disappears off through the trees to the west. A Floyd | solitary wooden post sticking out of the ground is all that remains of Floyd | what may once have been a bridge. Floyd | Floyd | The river contains an inflated rubber raft. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Very nice." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I wonder if that's the only way to do it, so it's an intentional plot-pacing thing" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull red handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft deflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |||
| inky says, "or if there's a multiple solution whatsit" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x post" | ||||
Floyd | It's a round post, about ten centimetres in diameter, broken off about Floyd | half a metre from the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "You mean the paddle?" | |||
| inky says, "yeah" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "pull post" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to pull the post out of the ground. Moving the solitary Floyd | wooden post reveals a plastic bottle (which contains a bright green Floyd | liquid) underneath. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, the mallet, or the plastic bottle, Floyd | or ask her about the Federation crisis.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So now we can go find that old crazy man Jeb who is probably not actually crazy?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about graves" | ||||
Floyd | "I've come across some old graves in a clearing in the forest," you Floyd | say, "There must be dozens of them!" you say, "anyway, one of them Floyd | still has a headstone. Apparently it's for some chap called Mark Floyd | Villiers who was an IPC subcenturion back in the twenty-eighth Floyd | century." Floyd | Floyd | "Hang on a moment, sir," she replies. After a brief pause she Floyd | continues, "I've just checked the on-board datastore. Apparently Floyd | there was a Subcenturion Mark Villiers of the IPC who was stationed Floyd | here from 2720. It says he died here in 2722." Floyd | Floyd | "That matches the date on the tombstomb," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "Then it's obviously the same chap." you say. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "After we talk to Soolin, of course." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about sign" | ||||
Floyd | "I see, sir," she replies blandly. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about graves" | ||||
Floyd | "Does your datastore say anything else about Villiers?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Just standard details of an unremarkable service record," she Floyd | replies, "Plus, date of birth: 4th April 2687; planet of birth: Floyd | Logya." Floyd | Floyd | "Nothing about how or why he died?" you wonder. Floyd | Floyd | "No, sir," she replies, "It's strangely silent about that. I wonder Floyd | if it could be related to whatever it was that went so horribly wrong Floyd | here way back when?" Floyd | Floyd | "I was wondering that too," you say. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x bottle" | ||||
Floyd | It's a clear plastic bottle of the sort that would be quite Floyd | unremarkable on any human-occupied world but here. According to the Floyd | label it contains "Magiclean All-In-One Conditioning Shampoo and Body Floyd | Cleanser (manufactured by Stellarchem, a Harcourt Research Company)". Floyd | It contains a bright green liquid. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about bottle" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a bottle of Magiclean All-In-One Conditioning Shampoo and Floyd | Body Cleanser just across the river, hidden under an old Floyd | bridge-support," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "It's a popular brand, sir," she remarks, "I use it myself. But if Floyd | you found it by the river I'd guess that woman you met in the forest Floyd | has been using it - in which case she can hardly be what she seems." Floyd | Floyd | "That's what's worrying me," you confess, "I suppose there could be Floyd | some other explanation - another strange woman visiting the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Soolin's razor, sir: strange women should not be multiplied beyond Floyd | necessity," she replies pertly. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "soolin's other razor: how is leela shaving her legs?" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still wondering what to do about that young woman I met," you Floyd | say. Floyd | Floyd | "That's your call, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or the mallet, or ask her about the Floyd | Federation crisis. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take bottle" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | West Bank of River Floyd | There's a clear view up and down the river from here, and it seems you Floyd | could walk some way along the bank to north and south, while an Floyd | overgrown path disappears off through the trees to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Heh" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "We're still wondering what to do with her? Do I have to draw a diagram?" | |||
| DavidW asks, "So, which way?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk downstream along the river bank for a couple of hundred Floyd | metres or so until you reach a point where a stream joins the river Floyd | from the west. Since this makes progress further south impossible, Floyd | you are forced to turn round and come back. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "not that way" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk upstream by the river for a couple of hundred metres, but the | Jacqueline asks, "How about N?" | |||
Floyd | ground becomes increasingly steep, until it reaches the point where Floyd | you'd be climbing as much as walking. At that point you decide it Floyd | probably isn't worth the effort, so you turn back. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I'm thinking west" | |||
| DavidW says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "do the honours" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You battle your way along the overgrown path for a dozen metres or so, Floyd | then suddenly emerge into a field. Floyd | Floyd | Overgrown Field Floyd | The path from the east emerges in an overgrown field bounded by forest Floyd | to east and south, a stream to the west, and a slope rising to the Floyd | north. The most striking feature, however, is the strange green Floyd | structure half-hidden next to the trees to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x structure" | ||||
Floyd | It's hard to make out exactly what it is, since it's covered by a dark Floyd | green tarpaulin. Whatever it is it's about three metres long and Floyd | stands about two metres high at its highest point. If this was your Floyd | homeworld you'd guess it was a piece of farm machinery covered up to Floyd | protect it from the elements, but you don't expect to find such things Floyd | on Elysium. On the other hand it looks the wrong shape for a hayrick Floyd | and a distinctly odd shape for a farm building. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "I guess that is the interesting thing" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You wander a short distance into the forest, but it quickly becomes Floyd | apparent that you can't get very far in any direction. The stream Floyd | that runs down the west side of the field bend round to the east Floyd | through the forest to join the river a little south of where you Floyd | crossed it, and thus bars progress further south, or in any other Floyd | direction except back north into the field. After satisfying yourself Floyd | that there is nothing of interest hidden among the trees, you Floyd | accordingly retrace your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look under tarp" | ||||
Floyd | You see nothing unusual under the tarpaulin. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move tarp" | ||||
Floyd | It's too firmly tied down. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "untie tarp" | ||||
Floyd | You unfasten three of the ties from their spikes; that should be Floyd | enough. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move tarp" | ||||
Floyd | It's rather unwieldy to manhandle by yourself; besides, if all you Floyd | want to do is to see what's inside, you could just crawl through the Floyd | gap underneath it. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | You crawl under the tarpaulin. Floyd | Floyd | Under the Tarpaulin (in the dark) Floyd | You can't see much, but you're aware that a large object is taking up Floyd | most of the space here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "grr" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green stud" | ||||
Floyd | The drik lights up. Floyd | Floyd | Under the Tarpaulin Floyd | Most of the space here is taken up with a large black object. Floyd | Otherwise you are completely surrounded by the tarpaulin. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "uh, how does the light work again?" | |||
| inky says, "aha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x object" | ||||
Floyd | Although it's a large object, nearly three metres long, it's quite Floyd | small for what it is - a single-person shuttle (i.e. a craft for Floyd | conveying someone between an orbiting spaceship and the planetary Floyd | surface). Apart from a cryptic sequence of tiny letters under the Floyd | door, it is unmarked and painted black all over, suggesting a desire Floyd | for stealth. You can't immediately identify the model, but you don't Floyd | think it's an imperial one. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by three points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x letters" | ||||
Floyd | (the tiny letters) Floyd | The letters stencilled under the shuttle door are almost too tiny to Floyd | make out. By shining your drik directly at them you just manage to Floyd | decipher them as AHAYWEH. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "out and report?" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, we can report from under here." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open door" | ||||
Floyd | It's locked, and you don't have the right key. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "But yeah." | |||
| inky says, "darn" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unlock door with silver key" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "drat" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unlock ship with silver key" | ||||
Floyd | The ship that brought you to Elysium is in orbit round the planet; you Floyd | can't see it from here. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "unlock door" | ||||
Floyd | That is not something you can unlock. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "wtf" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x door" | ||||
Floyd | Like the rest of the shuttle, it's black, with a cryptic sequence of Floyd | tiny letters stencilled just underneath. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ok, yeah, so call the lady" | |||
| inky says, "and maybe she can look up the stuff" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, old Jeb, the black shuttle, or the Floyd | mallet, or ask her about the Federation crisis.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | "I think I've just found how the spy who wrote the report I found on Floyd | that orange datatab got here," you announce, "I've just found an Floyd | unmarked black shuttle parked in the middle of a field - hidden under Floyd | a green tarpaulin." Floyd | Floyd | "Gosh!" Sublieutenant Soolin declares, "That does seem pretty Floyd | suspicious; there's certainly no one else scheduled to be visiting Floyd | this world, so it must be an illegal." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd say that black shuttle and that datatab together provide pretty Floyd | conclusive evidence of Federation interference on this world," you Floyd | remark. Floyd | Floyd | "It certainly looks that way, sir," she agrees. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "GOSH" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | "I'd say that black shuttle and that datatab together provide pretty Floyd | conclusive evidence of Federation interference on this world," you Floyd | remark. Floyd | Floyd | "It certainly looks that way, sir," she agrees. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "this is big on collars" | |||
| inky says, "er, colors" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about AHAYWEH" | ||||
Floyd | "I'll bear that in mind, sir," she promises. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "That might be the black tab password." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about AHAYWEH" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hee hee" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Given the colors, yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x letters with mirror" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Where's Jeb?" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "We can't find Jeb, can we?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Haven't seen him yet." | ||||
| inky says, "I don't think so, but maybe" | ||||
| DavidW says, "Probably north of here." | ||||
| inky says, "there are other exits from the clearing we are in" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "Yeah, I'm thinking he's just a plot device that we can't actually, you know, interview. But maybe I'm wrong." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push green stud" | ||||
Floyd | The drik goes dark. Floyd | Floyd | It is now pitch black. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | Overgrown Field Floyd | The path from the east emerges in an overgrown field bounded by forest Floyd | to east and south, a stream to the west, and a slope rising to the Floyd | north. The most striking feature, however, is the strange green Floyd | structure half-hidden next to the trees to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x stream" | ||||
Floyd | It's just over a couple of metres wide at this point and flowing quite Floyd | fast. Upstream you can see it tumbling down a slope to the north, Floyd | whereas a little way downstream it starts to bend round to the Floyd | southeast. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie tarp to stakes" | ||||
Floyd | The word "stakes" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tie tarp" | ||||
Floyd | You refasten the tarpaulin to the spikes. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk up the slope, and pause to take in the view. Looking south Floyd | you can see over part of the forest to what may be farmland beyond. Floyd | So far as you can tell there's more farmland lying in the distance to Floyd | north and west, while just a little way over to the east the river Floyd | cuts through the forest. You see no need to risk confrontation with Floyd | the settlers by walking over their fields, so after spending a few Floyd | more moments taking in the view, you walk back down the slope. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You wander a short distance into the forest, but it quickly becomes Floyd | apparent that you can't get very far in any direction. The stream Floyd | that runs down the west side of the field bend round to the east Floyd | through the forest to join the river a little south of where you Floyd | crossed it, and thus bars progress further south, or in any other Floyd | direction except back north into the field. After satisfying yourself Floyd | that there is nothing of interest hidden among the trees, you Floyd | accordingly retrace your steps. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "kind of lame to have all these exits" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull green handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft inflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put raft in stream" | ||||
Floyd | As you lower the raft into the stream, the current snatches it from Floyd | your grasp and begans to carry it downstream. You race after it and Floyd | just manage to retrieve it from the water before it disappears out of Floyd | sight. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Well, this is the thing you grapple with when you write a game in the woods. Trust me." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull red handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft deflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, old Jeb, or the mallet, or ask her Floyd | about the Federation crisis.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about jeb" | ||||
Floyd | "Presumably that black shuttle I just found was what the Elder told me Floyd | the old farmer saw coming down out of the sky a couple of weeks back," Floyd | you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Presumably, sir," she agrees. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "In Fire Tower people were all WHY CAN'T I GO OFFTRAIL AND GET LOST IN THE WOODS?! and I stated quite plainly that I couldn't write a zillion locations." | |||
| inky says, "plus pooping" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Thank you, inky." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this mallet in a ruined building in the forest," you tell Floyd | her, "the handle is stamped 'Made in Paran'!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very suspicious, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, Floyd | "especially with that Reldan-manufactured raft as well. That's two Floyd | items of Federation manufacture you've found in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Quite, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "always glad to help get to the bottom of things" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about crisis" | ||||
Floyd | "Is the navy ready for war with the Federation, do you think?" you Floyd | ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Ready enough, sir," she replies, trying to sound brave, "We'll give a Floyd | good account of ourselves, I'm sure of that." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "g" | ||||
Floyd | You both know the implications of what you found on the orange Floyd | datatab: the Federation really is thinking of going to war with the Floyd | Empire. But there's no point dwelling on it right now; it would be Floyd | more constructive to finish what you came for. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or the mallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That is another BAD PUN, inky." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Over and out," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Over and out, sir," she confirms, just before the comms link goes Floyd | dead. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "So, try to hack the black datatab?" | |||
| DavidW says, "yeah" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | West Bank of River Floyd | There's a clear view up and down the river from here, and it seems you Floyd | could walk some way along the bank to north and south, while an Floyd | overgrown path disappears off through the trees to the west. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull green handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft inflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put raft in river" | ||||
Floyd | You lower the raft into the water. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | What do you want to enter? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "raft" | ||||
Floyd | You clamber aboard the raft. Okay, you're now sitting in the inflated Floyd | rubber raft. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You're really more interested in crossing the river than exploring Floyd | downstream right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You paddle the raft with the broken piece of wood over to the east Floyd | bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | On the River (sitting in the inflated rubber raft) Floyd | You are sitting in an inflatable raft that's floating near the east Floyd | bank of the river. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Out Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing up, then getting out of the inflated rubber raft) Floyd | Floyd | East Bank of River Floyd | The path from the east comes to an abrupt end on the bank of a Floyd | sluggish river. A couple of rotting posts sticking out of the ground Floyd | are all that remains of what may once have been a bridge, the former Floyd | existence of which is also suggested by a path disappearing into the Floyd | trees on the opposite bank. It may once have been possible to walk Floyd | south along the riverbank, but that direction has become so overgrown Floyd | that this would be quite impossible now, and though you could walk a Floyd | short distance north, it looks like the climb might quickly become too Floyd | steep. Floyd | Floyd | The river contains an inflated rubber raft. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take raft" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "pull red handle" | ||||
Floyd | There's a hiss of rushing air as the raft deflates. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You walk a short way down to the path and arrive back in the clearing. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | "Ah, there you are!" says Leela, "I wondered where you had got to!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm, it should really do all this stuff for you once you've crossed the river once" | |||
| DavidW says, "oops" | ||||
| inky says, "we're just going into town so we can ditch her again, I guess" | ||||
| DavidW says (to inky), "It did." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "There she is!" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss her" | ||||
Floyd | (Leela) Floyd | You kiss her fully on the lips, and she responds by wrapping her arms Floyd | round your neck to give you a long passionate kiss in return. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "We didn't have to paddle explicitly this time." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Sorry, couldn't resist." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "kiss her" | ||||
Floyd | The word "her" doesn't refer to anything right now. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | Jacqueline says, "Darn." | |||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I missed the going away kiss." | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | inky says, "man, if you kiss her she might have some poison in her cheeks or something" | |||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | (first unlocking the purple door, then opening it) Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | (the street door) Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I mean, she's a spy, but she - oh gosh, inky, I hadn't thought of that." | |||
| inky says, "like a cross between a james bond villainess and a squirrel" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "put black tab in console" | ||||
Floyd | The screen displays: "Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "heehee" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter ahayweh" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The console beeps and displays: Floyd | Floyd | "ACCESS DENIED Floyd | Floyd | Enter Password: " Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "enter AHAYWEH" | ||||
Floyd | (on the console) Floyd | The screen displays: "Correct!" Floyd | Floyd | The console plays back a clear recording of you talking with Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin, and with Petroc. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "aw yeah" | |||
| inky says, "also, hey, I guess it really does record who you talk to" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "WOO" | ||||
| Jacqueline does the cabbage patch dance. | ||||
| maga asks, "what was this about explicit paddling?" | ||||
| inky says, "hee hee" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to maga), "I think you're having more fun not playing the game, just watching the game chatter out of context, aren't you>" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "?" | ||||
| Limax says, "Ha ha ha" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, the mallet, or the black datatab.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about black tab" | ||||
Floyd | "That clinches it, sublieutenant," you tell her, "The black tab I Floyd | found has got a recording of me talking on it. Someone's definitely Floyd | trying to listen in on us. And one more thing, the password for Floyd | accessing the data on the black tab was on the black shuttle I found Floyd | across the river." Floyd | Floyd | "The plot thickens," Sublieutenant Soolin remarks. Floyd | Floyd | > | maga says, "yes" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 1104 moves, you have scored 24 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 26 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, or the mallet. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about plot" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "trying to remember what other points you could have missed" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "ask soolin about mallet" | ||||
Floyd | "I found this mallet in a ruined building in the forest," you tell Floyd | her, "the handle is stamped 'Made in Paran'!" Floyd | Floyd | "That's very suspicious, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin replies, Floyd | "especially with that Reldan-manufactured raft as well. That's two Floyd | items of Federation manufacture you've found in the forest." Floyd | Floyd | "Quite, sublieutenant," you agree. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "there's probably some way to get by the dog without stunning it" | |||
| DavidW says, "Probably the ham." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "heehee" | ||||
| inky says, "they both they both they both reached for the ham" | ||||
| inky says, "anyway, I think when you're ready you should probably save and go confront leela" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, I can't think of anything but >stun Leela at this point." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "take black tab" | ||||
Floyd | As you remove the black datatab, the console screen goes blank. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "you have to give her a chance to seduce you away from the empire!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "close door" | ||||
Floyd | The door closes with a sharp click, indicating that it has relocked Floyd | itself. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "so she can stuff the poison in her cheeks" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW asks, "stun her?" | |||
| inky says, "seriously, you probably want to talk to her first" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "talk to leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm still here, offworlder," Leela assures you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, the town, Petroc, the strange Floyd | green structure, the black shuttle, the orange datatab, the plastic Floyd | bottle, the small silver key, or the raft, or ask her about herself, Floyd | the elders, Elysium, her questions, the stories, the town, markets or Floyd | meetings, old Jeb, the mallet, or the small silver key.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "but you can stun her right off if you want" | |||
| DavidW says, "oh. The silver key." | ||||
| inky says, "oho" | ||||
| inky says, "oh, I bet I know" | ||||
| DavidW asks, "What?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It didn't unlock the inn or the shuttle." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I say we do her, then we stun her." | ||||
| maga says, "now really is that any way to romance a girl" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Man... laggy." | ||||
| inky asks, "there's that room in the forest she was hanging out in -- doesn't she have a cache there?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "was there? I don't remember." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "nw" | maga says (to Jacq), "surely you mean the other way around" | |||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You wander through the trees a short Floyd | way, and then manage to pick up the path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you inside. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the building with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "x crate" | ||||
Floyd | The large metal crate was once painted dark green, and some of the Floyd | paint remains between the patches of rust. The dust on the floor Floyd | round the crate looks as if it may have been recently disturbed. It's Floyd | closed. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open crate" | ||||
Floyd | Opened. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | It's about 0.8 metres square, and currently open. Although the Floyd | trapdoor is as old and scuffed as the surrounding floor, the maglock Floyd | fitted to it looks new. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | The rubble prevents you getting at the cabinet to open it. Floyd | Floyd | "I couldn't get it open, either," Leela tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open trapdoor" | ||||
Floyd | The trapdoor is already open. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x key" | ||||
Floyd | Which key do you mean, the small iron key, or the small silver key? Floyd | Floyd | > | JJSonick says, "Use the mallet" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "silver" | ||||
Floyd | It looks like the key to a maglock; there are no teeth or grooves and Floyd | the key data is presumably encoded in its plain metal strip. The key Floyd | is obviously quite new. Floyd | Floyd | > | JJSonick says, "with the rubble" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "hit rubble with mallet" | ||||
Floyd | You have already broken as much of it as much of it as you need to. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move mallet" | ||||
Floyd | Moving the mallet has no effect. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says (to JJSonick), "we tried that." | |||
| JJSonick says, "hmmmm..." | ||||
| inky asks, "hmm, did you not use the key to open the trapdoor?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "oh. Maybe." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh." | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah, maybe that was it, yeah." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I forgot." | ||||
| inky says, "ok, back to harassing leela" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Perhaps it is the key to Leela's heart. Her lying, deceitful heart." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about orange" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, the maglock, the town, Petroc, the Floyd | strange green structure, the black shuttle, the orange datatab, the Floyd | plastic bottle, the small silver key, or the raft, or ask her about Floyd | herself, the elders, Elysium, her questions, the stories, the town, Floyd | markets or meetings, old Jeb, the mallet, or the small silver key. Floyd | Floyd | > Floyd | "I've managed to read the orange datatab I found in the basement of Floyd | the white building," you tell her. Floyd | Floyd | "Really?" she asks, suddenly wary, "What did it tell you?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky asks, "what was her real name?" | |||
| JJSonick asks, "You can't move the rubble?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anita." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about anita" | ||||
Floyd | "Is that right?" she asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "bah" | |||
| DavidW says, "Anita Johnson, I think." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Anita girlfriend." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about anita johnson" | ||||
Floyd | Leela listens politely, but makes no comment. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about empire" | ||||
Floyd | You tell her about the Empire, but she doesn't seem all that Floyd | interested. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about federation" | ||||
Floyd | Leela listens attentively to your account of the Federation. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "wtf" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "</oldjoke>" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about black datacube" | ||||
Floyd | She gives a puzzled frown. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about spy" | ||||
Floyd | As you well know (after all, you are Legion-trained) you'd do far Floyd | better to keep your suspicions to yourself until you have more Floyd | evidence. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Hm. Seems like that should make her fly into a rage and try to do something bad to us." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a black shuttle across the river," you tell her, "I don't Floyd | think it should be there - do you happen to know anything about it?" Floyd | Floyd | Leela frowns, looks away for a moment, and repeatedly clenches and Floyd | unclenches her fists, as if trying to resolve a quandry. Then at Floyd | length she lets out a heavy sigh and turns back to you, her manner Floyd | suddenly different, as if she has just grown older and taller. Floyd | Floyd | "Okay," she admits, "There's no point in keeping up this pretence, is Floyd | there? That's my shuttle you found, and I'm not an Elysian farm-girl, Floyd | as I'm sure you realize by now. But it's not as bad as you think, Floyd | really it's not. I'm not a - well, I'm an anthropologist from Earth." Floyd | Before you can protest, she cuts you off with a gesture, saying, "Yes Floyd | - I know - I have no business being here. But this is about the only Floyd | place in the known galaxy where I can study such a primitive culture Floyd | in the field. so - what happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, or show her Floyd | the orange datatab.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax says (to Jacqueline), "I'm beginning to worry about you" | |||
| Jacqueline asks, "Oh?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Just now?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask leela why she lied before" | ||||
Floyd | "Why did you lie to me before?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Because I shouldn't be here, obviously," she shrugs, "I've been Floyd | trying to learn about the natives by living like one of them, and I Floyd | hoped I could get away with passing myself off as one, but obviously Floyd | it didn't work. So, as I said: what happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, or show her Floyd | the orange datatab.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask leela which university she's from" | ||||
Floyd | "So, you're an Earthish anthropologist," you say, "Which university Floyd | are you from?" Floyd | Floyd | "Cambridge," she replies, "Why, does it make a difference? So, what Floyd | now? If I promise to be a good girl and go straight back there, will Floyd | you let me go?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, show her the Floyd | orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show datatab to leela" | ||||
Floyd | Which datatab do you mean, the purple datatab, the black datatab, or Floyd | the orange datatab? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "orange" | ||||
Floyd | "So what's this, then?" you ask, showing the orange datatab, "I found Floyd | it in the pocket of what is no doubt your jumpsuit." Floyd | Floyd | Leela stares down at the tab for a moment, then nods, "Right," she Floyd | agrees, "Obviously that is my jumpsuit, and obviously that is my Floyd | datatab. Like I said, I'm an anthropologist; it contains my field Floyd | notes. May I have it back please?" Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "There's the bit about the black tab, though." | |||
| inky asks, "which bit?" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about spy" | ||||
Floyd | "I asked you if you'd let me have my datatab back," she reminds you, Floyd | holding her hand out, "Will you give it to me, please?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "Certainly not!" you reply, "I'm confiscating this as material Floyd | evidence of your illegal activity on this planet." Floyd | Floyd | She lays a gentle hand on your arm, and sets her face in an equally Floyd | gentle pleading look, "Please," she begs, "I haven't made a copy, and Floyd | if you don't give it back to me, all my work here will have been Floyd | wasted. If I'm going to get into terrible trouble, at least don't let Floyd | it be for nothing. You can give it back to me, can't you?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | DavidW says, "The code on her shuttle is the password to the bug's recording." | |||
| Limax says, "Orange and black make halloween" | ||||
| inky says, "aha" | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about bug" | ||||
Floyd | "I take it from your attempt to change the subject that that's a 'no' Floyd | then," she sighs, "So what happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, tell her Floyd | about the orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela I don't believe you" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Please use ASK ACTOR ABOUT Floyd | TOPIC (or just A TOPIC). Floyd | Floyd | "The suspense is killing me," Leela complains, "Now that you know who Floyd | I really am, what are you going to do about it?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela I don't believe her" | ||||
Floyd | The story doesn't understand that command. Please use ASK ACTOR ABOUT Floyd | TOPIC (or just A TOPIC). Floyd | Floyd | "Look, I do know I'm the one in the wrong here, but it would be polite Floyd | to answer my question," Leela insists, "What happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "say I don't believe her" | ||||
Floyd | "I don't believe you," you say, "if you're an anthropologist on an Floyd | illegal field trip, why in the galaxy did you accost me earlier on Floyd | asking me to bring you food and clothing? Showing yourself to a Floyd | Legion officer like that is the last thing anyone here illegally would Floyd | do!" Floyd | Floyd | "I didn't realize you were a Legion officer until it was too late," Floyd | she replies, "I just saw a figure moving through the trees - once I Floyd | realized my mistake I just had to improvise as best I could. Silly, Floyd | really, I just dug myself into a deeper hole, didn't I? So, what are Floyd | you going to do about it?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, tell her Floyd | about the orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "oh pssht" | |||
| inky says, "I'm not sure what happens if we let her go" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She is as full of shit as a Christmas turkey." | ||||
| DavidW says, "I'd arrest her." | ||||
| Limax says (to Jacqueline), "I am not coming to Xmas at your house" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Me too." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Do we have the authority to do that?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Limax), "heh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "She's got Fed equipment and has been spying." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "arrest leela" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sorry, Leela, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to place you under Floyd | arrest," you tell her, "We both know you shouldn't be here, and my Floyd | duty is plain: I have to take you in for questioning." Floyd | Floyd | "Okay, I'll come quietly..." she assures you, spreading her hands in a Floyd | gesture of surrender, and approaching as if to follow you back to your Floyd | shuttle. Then, suddenly, she leaps at you, her hands clutching at Floyd | your throat. "...after hell freezes over," she rasps, as her grip Floyd | tightens on your windpipe. Floyd | Floyd | Leela makes a grab for your throat but you manage to throw her off. Floyd | Floyd | "Is that the best you can do? You're a dead man!" she sneers. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Oh, that was an option. I didn't see that. It" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "stun leela" | Jacqueline says, "It's just what I've been wanting to do for hours now, that's all." | |||
Floyd | (with the drik) Floyd | (first taking the drik from the purple belt) Floyd | Leela stiffens, an expression of momentary astonishment on her face, Floyd | then with a little moan she tumbles to the ground. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "push blue stud" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, Leela, the mallet, or the Floyd | receiving device.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "That was great!" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "Remember that young woman I told you about? I think she must be a Floyd | Federation spy; she attacked me just now - I think she was trying to Floyd | kill me - I suppose because she thinks I've found out too much. I Floyd | shot her with my drik and she's out cold." Floyd | Floyd | "Good heavens, sir!" cries Sublieutenant Soolin, "But why do you think Floyd | she's a Federation spy?" Floyd | Floyd | "Well, sublieutenant," you say, "First, finding the bug in the Floyd | pillow-case, second finding the receiver in the barn, third the fact Floyd | that her old clothes were in the crate when she said she had thrown Floyd | them away, fourth finding the maglock key so close to the trapdoor, Floyd | fifth the Reldan-made raft, sixth the mallet made on Paran, seventh Floyd | what the report on the orange datatab said, eighth the bottle of Floyd | shampoo/cleansing lotion I found hidden by the river, near where she Floyd | was bathing, ninth the black shuttle parked in the field across the Floyd | river, tenth the recording of my bugged conversations, and finally the Floyd | new maglock on the trapdoor." Floyd | Floyd | "A Federation spy on Elysium!" she declares, "Any chance you could get Floyd | her aboard the shuttle? We should take her back for questioning." Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get leela" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to lift the unconscious Leela up and hoist her over your Floyd | shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "drop leela" | ||||
Floyd | You lower Leela gently on to the floor. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "no, I wanted to *drop* her" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get leela" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to lift the unconscious Leela up and hoist her over your Floyd | shoulder. Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax asks, "Hey... can we get the chesse now?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get cheese" | ||||
Floyd | Taken. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "eat cheese" | ||||
Floyd | You eat the small wedge of cheese. It tastes quite strong - possibly Floyd | a little overripe. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "AT LAST" | |||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "up" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You can't go that way. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "look" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, and a fluffy pink Floyd | towel here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | You see a tomato, a carrot, a lettuce, an apple, and a fluffy pink Floyd | towel here. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "nice job having her drop stuff when she goes unconscious" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "score" | ||||
Floyd | In 1155 moves, you have scored 24 of a possible 30 points. You could Floyd | reach a winning ending with only 26 points. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about the orange datatab, yourself, Leela, the Floyd | black shuttle, the mallet, or the receiving device.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says (to inky), "Thank you for eating the cheese." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about leela" | ||||
Floyd | "The young woman I shot is still unconscious," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "If you zapped her with your drik she'll be out for hours, sir," Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin opines. "Perhaps you can carry her back aboard." Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "I can not thank you enough." | |||
| inky asks, "oh, is the shuttle actually parked somewhere?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yes" | ||||
| inky says, "I thought it was just hanging out in orbit" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the path to the east, and continue straight on until Floyd | the point where it starts to bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk back up over the ridge, and descend into the hollow on the Floyd | far side. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Shuttle Floyd | The inside of the shuttle is not exactly spacious; there's room for Floyd | the pilot and three passengers, one beside the pilot and two behind. Floyd | The seats are comfortable enough, but otherwise it's all pretty basic. Floyd | There's not much in front of you except the forward window; the pilot Floyd | has a bank of instruments. Floyd | Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin is sitting in the pilot seat. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Opening the passenger door, you first set Leela Floyd | down on the rear seat. Floyd | Floyd | As you clamber into the flyer you sit yourself down on the front Floyd | passenger seat, next to the pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, sir!" Sublieutenant Soolin greets you, "I see you've got that Floyd | Federation spy aboard. Does this mean you're all done and ready to Floyd | leave?" Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by two points.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Yeah." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "It's down the forest path." | ||||
| DavidW asks, "shall we tell soolin 'yes'?" | ||||
| inky says, "sure" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf18" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, I'm all done here, let's go," you nod. Floyd | Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin turns to the controls and starts up the shuttle. Floyd | Within seconds the argoms cut in and the shuttle lifts effortlessly up Floyd | into the air. You glance down at the forest and the tiny town below Floyd | for one last time, but they shrink rapidly out of sight as the shuttle Floyd | speeds skywards towards the orbiting frigate. Floyd | Floyd | Once she has put the shuttle on autopilot, Sublieutenant Soolin turns Floyd | to you and says, glancing at the figure lying on the back seat, "I Floyd | wonder if she'll talk, sir? I can't imagine it'll be too easy to Floyd | persuade her to confess to being a spy!" Floyd | Floyd | "No, I suppose you're right, sublieutenant," you agree, "she's a Floyd | cunning little vixen and she'll use every trick in the galaxy to Floyd | protest her innocence!" Floyd | Floyd | For a moment, you wonder whether you'll ever see Elysium again, but Floyd | then Sublieutenant Soolin starts chatting with you, and your thoughts Floyd | turn to the more immediate future. Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE WON *** Floyd | Floyd | In 1164 moves, you have scored 26 of a possible 30 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, see some AMUSING things to try, or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha ha" | |||
| inky says, "cunning little vixen" | ||||
| DavidW says, "hee" | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "amusing" | ||||
Floyd | Amusing Floyd | Floyd | 1. Improve your Score Floyd | 2. Some Background to the Story Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | inky says, "also, argh, only 26 points" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Enh." | ||||
| DavidW says (to Floyd), "1" | ||||
Floyd | 1 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Improve your Score Floyd | Floyd | Some things you might try to improve your score next time: Floyd | Floyd | 1. Give Petroc an important warning. Floyd | Floyd | 2. Get Leela to incriminate herself even more thoroughly. Floyd | Floyd | 3. Make a more determined effort to find out what's in the cabinet in Floyd | the ruined white building. Floyd | Floyd | 4. Find out what went so horribly wrong on Elysium all those Floyd | centuries ago. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | [The End] | Jacqueline says (to inky), "Perfectionist." | |||
| Limax says, "Hmm" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, hm." | ||||
| inky says, "hmmm" | ||||
| inky says, "ok, 1 is obvious" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Except some of those things I'd like to know." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "moo" | ||||
| inky says, "for 2 maybe we could have recorded her" | ||||
| DavidW asks (of inky), "is it?" | ||||
| Limax says, "baaaaa" | ||||
| inky asks, "well, just tell petroc about leela / the federation once we have all the evidence, yeah?" | ||||
| JJSonick says, "I believe you can MOVE RUBBLE after breaking it, to get to the cabinet. I don't remember if there's anything that amazing in it. I remember a diary being somewhere." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I thought I tried that." | ||||
| inky says (to JJS), "oho" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, ">MOVE RUBBLE, I mean." | ||||
| * Recchi has joined the channel. | ||||
| DavidW says, "I don't think we tried that. huh." | ||||
| Jacqueline | Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "move rubble" | ||||
| Jacqueline | There's far too much rubble to shift it all, and the pieces of rubble covering the cabinet are too large to move. | ||||
| inky says, "that sounds like it was before using the hammer" | ||||
| DavidW says, "But that was before malletting, I bet." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, it was. Two turns before." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "GRR" | ||||
| Jacqueline would like to hit something with the mallet now. | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | | Jacqueline says, "Well, let's restore and go see." | |||
| Jacqueline says, "Timing." | ||||
| inky says, "oopsies" | ||||
| DavidW says, "yeah. Then I can get a late lunch." | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push space" | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Amusing Floyd | Floyd | 1. Improve your Score Floyd | 2. Some Background to the Story Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "2" | ||||
Floyd | 2 Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Some Background to the Story Floyd | Floyd | The Elysium Enigma is set in the same universe as a series of novels Floyd | I've been writing and re-writing for the last thirty years or so, and Floyd | may well be for the next thirty, as my ideas change faster than my Floyd | ability to produce something I'm satisfied with. This game does not Floyd | directly intersect with the story-line of the novels, though it takes Floyd | place at roughly the same time, and alludes to some of the same Floyd | characters in passing. And like the protagonist of the Elysium Floyd | Enigma, the protagonist of my permanently-in-progress novels has a Floyd | career in the Imperial Sovereign Legion. Floyd | Floyd | In this story universe the Moltinoran Empire came into being in the Floyd | 25th century as a result of a Centauran initiative to gain Moltinoran Floyd | support against an aggressive neighbour. By the thirtieth century the Floyd | Empire has become the most powerful political grouping so far known to Floyd | humankind. Although far from perfect, it is basically a benign Floyd | institution, with huge constitutional safeguards limiting the power of Floyd | the Emperor and guaranteeing a great degree of autonomy to member Floyd | worlds; even a cranky failing settlement like Elysium is largely Floyd | allowed to go its own way. By the late thirtieth century, however, Floyd | the Empire has gained a rival almost equal in power, the (so-called) Floyd | Free Trade Federation of Paran. Although originally benign in intent, Floyd | the Federation has been growing steadily more sinister, sliding slowly Floyd | but steadily into tyranny. Floyd | Floyd | My series of novels follows the career of Simon Quiller, a young Floyd | Legion officer (who later becomes something rather more than that) Floyd | roughly speaking through the 2970s and on into the early 2980s, from Floyd | the time that the truly sinister nature of the Federation starts to Floyd | become clear (Simon Quiller is on Relda to witness the events Andrew Floyd | Holt tells Petroc about), through a period of growing tension, until Floyd | the situation erupts into open conflict, and the Empire is faced with Floyd | the seemingly ghastly choice between fighting a war that could cost Floyd | billions of lives or giving way to one of the nastiest tyrannies in Floyd | human history. Floyd | Floyd | In this universe, Earth (along with a few other worlds) lies between Floyd | the Empire and the Federation and tries, futilely, to play the role of Floyd | benevolent neutral, refusing to recognize the real threat of the Floyd | Federation threat until it is too late. Unlike Andrew Holt, who was Floyd | born of aristocratic stock in the heartlands of the Empire, Simon Floyd | Quiller, the hero of my novels, was born on Earth of an Earthish Floyd | mother and Moltinoran father, and starts out as something of an Floyd | outsider in the Empire. Floyd | Floyd | Of course, after the novels get re-written a few more times, some of Floyd | that may change, not least the role of Senator Charles Harcourt, whom Floyd | I invented as a villain a long while back, but the nature of whose Floyd | villainy I have yet to master... Floyd | Floyd | [The End] | inky says, "oops, sorry" | |||
| inky pushes the green 'space' button. | ||||
Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | Amusing Floyd | Floyd | 1. Improve your Score Floyd | 2. Some Background to the Story Floyd | Floyd | Select a topic number, or press 'p' for the previous menu or 'q' to Floyd | quit: | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "q" | ||||
Floyd | q Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, see some AMUSING things to try, or Floyd | QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf16" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | West Bank of River Floyd | There's a clear view up and down the river from here, and it seems you Floyd | could walk some way along the bank to north and south, while an Floyd | overgrown path disappears off through the trees to the west. A Floyd | solitary wooden post sticking out of the ground is all that remains of Floyd | what may once have been a bridge. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "restore" | ||||
Floyd | Please select the saved position file to restore > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "cf17" | ||||
Floyd | Restored. Floyd | Floyd | Sovereign Legion Office Floyd | This office is the about the only place on Elysium that resembles your Floyd | idea of civilization. A large white desk, with a standard built-in Floyd | console, rests under the great golden eagle mounted on the east wall. Floyd | Behind the desk sits a comfortable mock-leather chair, while a pair of Floyd | smaller chairs, one red, the other white, are positioned in front of Floyd | the desk, presumably for the benefit of visitors. The main door is Floyd | next to the window overlooking the street to the north, while a Floyd | staircase runs up against the south wall to a hatch in the ceiling. A Floyd | second door is set in the east wall, to the left of the eagle, while a Floyd | large portrait of the Emperor hangs opposite. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, East, Up Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | (first opening the street door) Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Since you don't want one of the natives to see Floyd | you talking over the drik you surreptitiously cut the connection. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Don't apologize. That was good to read." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about leela" | ||||
Floyd | You've exhausted that topic for now. Petroc is clearly sceptical of Floyd | what Leela told you, and even of her existence. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about federation" | ||||
Floyd | "Pardon my bothering you, but I just wondered whether I might have Floyd | another word," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "If you must," he sighs. Floyd | Floyd | "If the Federation were to come here, you'd soon realize how well the Floyd | Empire has treated you," you point out. Floyd | Floyd | "How well?" he cries, "Have you see what's in the forest? Look there Floyd | and learn how well your Empire has treated us!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell petrocabout helmet" | ||||
Floyd | The word "petrocabout" is not necessary in this story. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell petroc about helmet" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc doesn't seem terribly interested in what you have to say on Floyd | that subject. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "bah" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc resumes pacing around the stage. Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "nw" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You wander through the trees a short Floyd | way, and then manage to pick up the path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the clearing with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you inside. Floyd | Floyd | Inside the Stone Building Floyd | The single room inside the building is open to the sky and mostly full Floyd | of rubble. In the one corner that remains reasonably accessible, the Floyd | southwest corner, a triangular light fitting remains near what would Floyd | once have been the ceiling. The doorless exit lies to the north. Floyd | Floyd | An old metal crate sits by the wall, next to the trapdoor in the Floyd | corner. Floyd | Floyd | A battered cabinet lies half-buried under the rubble in the northeast Floyd | corner of the room. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the building with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, Down Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "move rubble" | ||||
Floyd | You manage to move the shattered pieces of rubble off the cabinet. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "open cabinet" | ||||
Floyd | Opening the battered cabinet reveals a small book. Floyd | Floyd | "Hey, well done, offworlder!" Leela declares, "What's in there?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "get book" | ||||
Floyd | "What have you got there?" Leela wants to know, as you pick up the Floyd | diary "Do show me!" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "read book" | ||||
Floyd | It appears to be the diary of one Subcenturion Mark Villiers, who Floyd | served as the representative of the Imperial Police Corps on this Floyd | planet in the early twenty-eighth century, about a quarter of a Floyd | millenium ago, when Elysium was newly colonized. It seems that Floyd | Villiers was posted here to enforce a modicum of imperial law and Floyd | order on the new settlement, but that the settlers proved as difficult Floyd | back then as they have done ever since. Floyd | Floyd | As you flick over the pages you find a series of accounts of ongoing Floyd | friction between the uncooperative Elders and the increasingly Floyd | frustrated Villiers. Some of the other natives seemed to have been Floyd | reasonable enough, and as Villiers's account progresses it becomes Floyd | clear that he was becoming increasingly friendly with one young woman Floyd | in particular, but the Elders were consistently obstructive, insisting Floyd | that the maintenance of law on Elysium was their job and theirs alone, Floyd | and no business of the Empire. Even when news of some petty crime did Floyd | come Villiers's way, the Elders would frustrate every attempt the Floyd | subcenturion made to investigate it. Floyd | Floyd | On the last few pages the tone becomes even darker. Villiers Floyd | apparently believed that someone - one of the settlers called Natasha Floyd | with whom he had become quite friendly - had been murdered, and he was Floyd | determined to bring the killer to justice. The Elders proved Floyd | particularly intransigent, denying that any crime had taken place that Floyd | they weren't perfectly capable of taking care of. It's clear from the Floyd | diary that this made Villiers increasingly angry: if a murder had been Floyd | committed it was clearly a matter for the imperial authorities, and Floyd | all the settlers, Elders included, were duty-bound to co-operate. Floyd | Floyd | On the final page, the entry for July 14 2722, the diary concludes Floyd | with the words, "I am now morally certain that Natasha was murdered, Floyd | and I now have a pretty good idea where to find her body and the proof Floyd | I need to bring her killers to justice. Poor Natasha! Always too Floyd | much of a free spirit for this narrow little planet, and now she's Floyd | paid the ultimate price for her broad-mindedness and her enquiring Floyd | mind. But I am determined to bring matters to a head, despite veiled Floyd | threats from the Elders. Floyd | Floyd | And now, I'm just off to follow up my latest lead; I'll fill in the Floyd | details on my return." Floyd | Floyd | But it seems Subcenturion Villiers never did return, for there his Floyd | account ends. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax asks, "Maybe show the book to Petroc?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show book to leela" | ||||
Floyd | Leela takes the diary off you, and reads through it with a deepening Floyd | frown. "How sad!" she declares as she reaches the last page, "that Floyd | poor Natasha - she sounds a bit like me, really - I wonder what the Floyd | Elders did to her. And Mark Villiers, the person who wrote this, Floyd | that's the man whose grave we just found, isn't it? So we know how he Floyd | ended up. I wonder if he found justice for Natasha first." Floyd | Floyd | She closes the diary and hands it back to you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ha ha "she sounds a bit like me"" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows you outside. Floyd | Floyd | Clearing Floyd | The trees that surround this large clearing seem to be gradually Floyd | encroaching upon it, though it will be a century or two yet before Floyd | they finally overwhelm it. For now, the overgrown remains of several Floyd | buildings are still visible, with one solitary white stone building to Floyd | the south still just about standing. The clearing continues to the Floyd | north, while paths lead out to east and west. Floyd | Floyd | Leela emerges from the stone building with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the path to the Floyd | east, and continue straight on until the point where it starts to Floyd | bend. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the narrow path with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk down the path some way until Floyd | it finally peters out among more sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela reaches the edge of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You wander off among the trees to the east of the path, but find Floyd | little of interest beyond more trees. Rather than wasting time in Floyd | this part of the forest you return to the main path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "push blue" | ||||
Floyd | A short beep indicates that you have opened a communications link with Floyd | your pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, do you read me?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "I read you, praefect," the pilot's voice replies. Floyd | Floyd | (You could tell her about yourself, or the mallet.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask pilot about natasha" | ||||
Floyd | "It would take too long to explain, sir," she replies, "Let's talk Floyd | about it later." Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell pilot about diary" | ||||
Floyd | "I've found a diary belonging to one Subcenturion Mark Villiers, who Floyd | apparently served here a couple of centuries ago," you tell her, "It Floyd | makes quite interesting reading." Floyd | Floyd | "Then perhaps you could show it to me when you get back to the Floyd | shuttle, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Since you don't want one of Floyd | the natives to see you talking over the drik you surreptitiously cut Floyd | the connection. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the heart of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the dirt track with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You walk back up over the ridge, and Floyd | descend into the hollow on the far side. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the hollow with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | Leela clutches at you in alarm at the sight of the white shuttle. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Leela clasps your hand, looking at you anxiously, "I don't think I can Floyd | do this," she says, "That big machine scares me - and so does leaving Floyd | this world - it's the only world I know!" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | * Recchi has left the channel. | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "Oh, you're going off in that flying-machine thing?" Leela asks Floyd | dubiously, "Don't be long, offworlder! I'll wait for you here." Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Leela clasps your hand, looking at you anxiously, "I don't think I can Floyd | do this," she says, "That big machine scares me - and so does leaving Floyd | this world - it's the only world I know!" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "grr" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks along the dirt track with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "bye" | ||||
Floyd | "You're not going anywhere without me, offworlder!" Leela tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. You set off down the track and after Floyd | a few minutes' walk you find yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Leela enters the heart of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. The path twists and turns through the Floyd | trees, but broadly continues south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Leela reaches the edge of the forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Leela follows close behind you. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela walks into the thinning forest with you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | "I can't follow you into the town," says Leela, "I daren't be spotted Floyd | there. I'll have to wait for you here." She stands still and gives Floyd | you a little wave as you walk away. Floyd | Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | You walk back up over the ridge, and descend into the hollow on the Floyd | far side. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "in" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Shuttle Floyd | The inside of the shuttle is not exactly spacious; there's room for Floyd | the pilot and three passengers, one beside the pilot and two behind. Floyd | The seats are comfortable enough, but otherwise it's all pretty basic. Floyd | There's not much in front of you except the forward window; the pilot Floyd | has a bank of instruments. Floyd | Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin is sitting in the pilot seat. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: Out Floyd | Floyd | As you clamber into the flyer you sit yourself down on the front Floyd | passenger seat, next to the pilot. Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, sir!" Sublieutenant Soolin greets you, "Does this mean you're Floyd | all done and ready to leave?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show diary to soolin" | ||||
Floyd | "Here, take a look at this," you say, handing her the diary. Floyd | Floyd | She takes the diary and reads through it rapidly, slowing down as she Floyd | reaches the end. Then she looks up at you with a worried frown as she Floyd | hands it back. "I wonder what happened to Villiers after that?" she Floyd | asks. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about grave" | ||||
Floyd | "None of the other graves seem to have been marked," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Perhaps none of the other markers survived, sir," she suggests. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about helmet" | ||||
Floyd | "I see, sir," she nods. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show helmet to soolin" | ||||
Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin glances at the helmet without much interest. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "x helmet" | ||||
Floyd | It's battered and rusty, and obviously old. It looks as if it was Floyd | once green, and on the front you can just make out a very faded golden Floyd | eagle. It looks like it might have been an Imperial Marines helmet, Floyd | but it's certainly not the current pattern. If the helmet were in Floyd | better condition, it would belong in a military museum. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell soolin about tombstone" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm sure that's very interesting, sir," she replies, "but shouldn't Floyd | you be finishing what you came here to do?" Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "grr" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "out" | ||||
Floyd | (first standing up) Floyd | "Goodbye, sir," Sublieutenant Soolin calls after you. Floyd | Floyd | You clamber out of the shuttle. Floyd | Floyd | Hollow Floyd | This grassy hollow, about thirty metres across, looks like it might Floyd | once have been an impact crater. A steep slope rises just to the Floyd | west, while a trail of sorts leads north and south. Floyd | Floyd | Your shuttle rests in the middle of the hollow. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, In Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path twists and turns through the trees, but broadly continues Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the slope into the centre of the town. Floyd | Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | Petroc reaches the end of the stage and turns round. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show diary to petroc" | ||||
Floyd | "Excuse me," you say. Floyd | Floyd | "Now what?" he snaps. Floyd | Floyd | "I found this diary in the forest; I thought you might find it Floyd | interesting," you tell him. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc hesitates for a moment, then takes the diary from you and reads Floyd | it slowly. At length, he looks up at you again, and remarks, "If Floyd | you're as clever as you think you are, you should be able guess the Floyd | rest. This man Villiers poked his nose in where it wasn't welcome. Floyd | He came to a sticky end. Eventually your people sent someone else Floyd | along to find out what had happened to him. My ancestors believed Floyd | justice had been done, but yours didn't, so they sent a gang of Floyd | warriors here. Things quickly got out of hand - some of our young men Floyd | went along to the old town with sticks and stones to chase your Floyd | warriors away, and your warriors retaliated with their weapons of Floyd | terror. It was a massacre, a terrible bloody massacre, so terrible Floyd | that even your ancestors were ashamed of it. Anyway, no one wanted Floyd | the old town after that, it had too many bad memories for all of us, Floyd | so we abandoned it, and rebuilt here - but still you wouldn't leave us Floyd | alone." He pauses, and looks at you with something like pity as he Floyd | hands the diary back to you, "So now you know - all your great empire Floyd | has done for us." Floyd | Floyd | (Your score has just increased by one point.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "woo" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask petroc about natasha" | ||||
Floyd | "I have no intention of discussing that right now," he tells you. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "pl. O" | |||
| inky says, "er" | ||||
| inky says, "I'm out of ideas now" | ||||
| inky says, "unless there is some way to record leela attacking us" | ||||
| inky says, "I guess there might be some way to pretend you're going to go over to the federation" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Maybe letting her go?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I take it that if were to not befriend her the plot wouldn't change much and our score would just go down." | ||||
| Limax says, "But I don't know" | ||||
| Nitku was translated with Google. Sorry. | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "l" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is standing on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | Petroc resumes pacing around the stage. Floyd | Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Inside the Hall Floyd | This seems to be a meeting hall of some sort, with rows of plain Floyd | wooden benches facing a crude stage at the northern end. It's unclear Floyd | whether this place is intended for religious or secular purposes; Floyd | quite possibly it does duty for both. The overall effect is decidedly Floyd | gloomy, even though a fair amount of sunlight steals in through the Floyd | unglazed windows and the open doorway to the south. Floyd | Floyd | Petroc is pacing up and down on the stage. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: South Floyd | Floyd | Petroc clasps his hands behind his back. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "oops" | |||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | East End of Town Floyd | The north side of the street is occupied by a large wooden hall. On Floyd | the south side is a neat single-storey white building (directly south) Floyd | next to a two-storey green house (to the southeast). The street Floyd | continues eastwards but quickly peters out into a narrow farmtrack as Floyd | it leaves the town, while to the west it runs back towards the town Floyd | centre. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | Town Centre Floyd | This is the centre of the town, such as it is. The main street, if it Floyd | can be called a street, runs east and west from here, crossing a track Floyd | that runs north and south. To the northwest is a market area, Floyd | opposite a large barn on the south side of the street, while to the Floyd | east the street runs between a small white building (on its south Floyd | side) and a large wooden hall (on its north). Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Hillside above the Town Floyd | The grassy hillside slopes gently down towards the small town below, Floyd | which is surrounded by farmland and bordered by a river to the west. Floyd | The centre of the town lies straight down the slope to the south. Just Floyd | up the slope to the north is the edge of the forest, which can also be Floyd | entered to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West, Northwest Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline asks, "Where is she, again?" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | The path twists and turns through the trees, but broadly continues Floyd | south. Floyd | Floyd | Edge of the Forest Floyd | The main north-south track runs wide and straight here. The trees are Floyd | more widely spaced, so that you could easily wander among them on Floyd | either side of the main track. To the south they become sparser Floyd | still, indicating that the edge of the forest lies that way. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, East, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "e" | ||||
Floyd | You wander off among the trees to the east of the path, but find Floyd | little of interest beyond more trees. Rather than wasting time in Floyd | this part of the forest you return to the main path. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "n" | ||||
Floyd | Dirt Track Floyd | The dirt track runs a short way north up to a ridge, just beyond which Floyd | lies the hollow where your shuttle landed; to the south the track Floyd | disappears into a sizeable forest. There are fields either side of Floyd | the track, but they look overgrown and untended. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "hmm,I thought she was there" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "s" | ||||
Floyd | You set off down the track and after a few minutes' walk you find Floyd | yourself deep in the heart of the forest. Floyd | Floyd | Heart of the Forest Floyd | Alien foliage clogs the ground between the trees that crowd around you Floyd | on every side. The main trail heads straight off to the north and Floyd | snakes through the trees to the south. You can't see any side trails Floyd | as such, but apart from the main path, the only gap through the trees Floyd | that looks passable here is the one directly to the west. It's pretty Floyd | narrow, but you could just squeeze through it. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: North, South, West Floyd | Floyd | > | Limax exclaims, "You lost her!" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "w" | ||||
Floyd | You squeeze through the gap, and then blunder around in the Floyd | undergrowth for a while before hitting on another path. Floyd | Floyd | Narrow Path Floyd | A narrow path, rather faint to the southeast but becoming clearer to Floyd | the west, bends through the trees at this point. It may also be Floyd | possible to squeeze through the gap to the east. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, West, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "se" | ||||
Floyd | You walk down the path some way until it finally peters out among more Floyd | sparsely-spaced trees. Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is walking towards you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | "Hello, you're back!" Leela greets you. Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Okay, thanks." | |||
| Limax says, "Aha... there's the cheese" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I just found that in scrollback." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about federation" | ||||
Floyd | (Leela) Floyd | "What's your view on the Federation?" you enquire. Floyd | Floyd | "I don't have a view on that," she replies, "How could I? I know Floyd | virtually nothing about it!". Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "topics" | ||||
Floyd | You could tell her about yourself, the town, Petroc, the strange green Floyd | structure, the black shuttle, the orange datatab, the plastic bottle, Floyd | the small silver key, the raft, or the white shuttle, or ask her about Floyd | herself, the elders, Elysium, her questions, the stories, the town, Floyd | markets or meetings, old Jeb, the mallet, or the small silver key. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her about the shuttle" | ||||
Floyd | "I found a black shuttle across the river," you tell her, "I don't Floyd | think it should be there - do you happen to know anything about it?" Floyd | Floyd | Leela frowns, looks away for a moment, and repeatedly clenches and Floyd | unclenches her fists, as if trying to resolve a quandry. Then at Floyd | length she lets out a heavy sigh and turns back to you, her manner Floyd | suddenly different, as if she has just grown older and taller. Floyd | Floyd | "Okay," she admits, "There's no point in keeping up this pretence, is Floyd | there? That's my shuttle you found, and I'm not an Elysian farm-girl, Floyd | as I'm sure you realize by now. But it's not as bad as you think, Floyd | really it's not. I'm not a - well, I'm an anthropologist from Earth." Floyd | Before you can protest, she cuts you off with a gesture, saying, "Yes Floyd | - I know - I have no business being here. But this is about the only Floyd | place in the known galaxy where I can study such a primitive culture Floyd | in the field. so - what happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, or show her Floyd | the orange datatab.) Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "maybe you should confront her about the shuttle and then let her go" | |||
| Limax asks, "Catch her in a trap, maybe?" | ||||
| Limax asks, "Did we ask how long she'd been here?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Well, I was thinking either that or pretending to join her." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "SAVE" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "cf19" | ||||
Floyd | Please select a file in which to save the current position > Floyd | Saved. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "ask leela how long she's been here" | ||||
Floyd | "How long have you been here, Leela?" you want to know. Floyd | Floyd | "Only a couple of weeks, praefect," she assures you, "Not long enough Floyd | to do any harm to the natives, if that's what you're thinking. In any Floyd | case, that's the first rule of any anthropologist working in the field Floyd | - don't interfere with the indigenous society you're meant to be Floyd | studying. So, does that mean I get off lightly? You could just let Floyd | me go, couldn't you? So, how about it?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, show her the Floyd | orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to Floyd), "ask her how long she's been here" | ||||
Floyd | "Are you sure you've only been here a couple of weeks?" you ask. Floyd | Floyd | "Quite sure," she assures you. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, show her the Floyd | orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "Timing" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "show orange datatab to leela" | ||||
Floyd | "So what's this, then?" you ask, showing the orange datatab, "I found Floyd | it in the pocket of what is no doubt your jumpsuit." Floyd | Floyd | Leela stares down at the tab for a moment, then nods, "Right," she Floyd | agrees, "Obviously that is my jumpsuit, and obviously that is my Floyd | datatab. Like I said, I'm an anthropologist; it contains my field Floyd | notes. May I have it back please?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell leela about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "I asked you if you'd let me have my datatab back," she reminds you, Floyd | holding her hand out, "Will you give it to me, please?" Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "Certainly not!" you reply, "I'm confiscating this as material Floyd | evidence of your illegal activity on this planet." Floyd | Floyd | She lays a gentle hand on your arm, and sets her face in an equally Floyd | gentle pleading look, "Please," she begs, "I haven't made a copy, and Floyd | if you don't give it back to me, all my work here will have been Floyd | wasted. If I'm going to get into terrible trouble, at least don't let Floyd | it be for nothing. You can give it back to me, can't you?" Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "no" | ||||
Floyd | "I'm afraid not," you reply, "It's my clear duty to hang on to it." Floyd | Floyd | "Very well," she sighs, "So what happens now?" Floyd | Floyd | (You could ask why she lied before, ask which university she's from, Floyd | ask how long she's been here, say you don't believe her, tell her Floyd | about the orange datatab, let her go, or arrest her.) Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "tell her about orange datatab" | ||||
Floyd | "You say this datatab contains your field notes," you say, "and so it Floyd | does - but they aren't the field notes of an anthropologist, they're Floyd | the field notes of a Federation spy called called Anita Johnson." Floyd | Floyd | "If you know that then you've obviously found a way to read them," she Floyd | replies stonily, "in which case you know too much..." Floyd | Floyd | Without further warning she leaps at you, her hands clasping for your Floyd | throat. Floyd | Floyd | Leela makes a grab for your throat but you manage to throw her off. Floyd | Floyd | "Is that the best you can do? You're a dead man!" she sneers. Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "whoops" | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "undo" | ||||
Floyd | Taking back one turn: "tell her about orange datatab". Floyd | Floyd | Thinning Forest Floyd | Dappled light plays through the sparsely spaced trees that thin out Floyd | even more towards the southeast, where the forest ends. In principle Floyd | you could walk in any direction amongst these autumnal trees, but one Floyd | direction looks much the same as any other, so you could all too Floyd | easily get lost, except that you know that the way back to the main Floyd | path is to the east, and that there's another path to the northwest. Floyd | Floyd | Leela is standing nearby. Floyd | Floyd | You can smell the cheese. Floyd | Floyd | Obvious exits: East, Northwest, Southeast Floyd | Floyd | > | ||||
| inky says (to Floyd), "let her go" | ||||
Floyd | "All right, Leela, you can go," you tell her, "Just as long as you Floyd | pack up and go at once, and promise never to return." Floyd | Floyd | "Oh, thank you!" she beams, "But are you sure? I can go, just like Floyd | that? Really?" Floyd | Floyd | > | Jacqueline says, "You can also restore." | |||
| inky says (to Floyd), "yes" | ||||
Floyd | "Yes, you can go," you nod, "You don't seem to have done any real harm Floyd | here, and what the Empire is really concerned about is preventing any Floyd | unauthorized settlers staying, so if you go now, we'll say no more Floyd | about it." Floyd | Floyd | "I'll go now," she nods, "And thanks, offworlder, you're a really Floyd | decent guy." So saying, she smiles at you and gives you a little peck Floyd | on the cheek. Floyd | Floyd | You spend the next half hour or so helping her first to pack her Floyd | belongings together and carry them back across the river to her Floyd | shuttle, and then to dismantle and stow the tarpaulin. Finally, you Floyd | bid her farewell, and stand watching to make sure she does actually Floyd | board the black shuttle, before retreating across the field to get out Floyd | of the way for its take off. The shuttle takes off a few seconds Floyd | later, and you watch as it rises from the field, and then darts up Floyd | into the sky faster than an eagle taking flight, until it is no more Floyd | than a black dot you quickly lose sight of. Floyd | Floyd | Since Leela took her inflatable raft with her, you summon Floyd | Sublieutenant Soolin to come and collect you in your shuttle, which Floyd | lands in the field only a minute or two later. Her astonished Floyd | reaction at your clemency when you explain what's just happened does Floyd | not bode well your superiors' reaction - or your future career. Floyd | Floyd | Floyd | *** YOU HAVE PUT SENTIMENT BEFORE DUTY *** Floyd | Floyd | In 1191 moves, you have scored 26 of a possible 30 points. Floyd | Floyd | Would you like to RESTORE a saved position, RESTART the story, UNDO Floyd | the last move, see your FULL SCORE, or QUIT? Floyd | Floyd | > | inky says, "ah, young love" | |||
| Jacqueline says, "heh" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "And not a winning ending, I see." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "As it gives you no option for how to improve your score." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, SOOLIN FLEW THE SHUTTLE ACROSS THE RIVER." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Why wouldn't she do that for me earlier?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Grr." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She is so fired." | ||||
| inky says, "hmm" | ||||
| inky asks, "she wouldn't?" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "hmm?" | ||||
| inky says, "I think there might actually be a way to get her to do it" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "No, I tried to get across the river that way." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Really?" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Huh. Guess I didn't try hard enough." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "She's still fired." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "We never figured out the silver key, right?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "It was for the trapdoor." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Oh, right." | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "So, we happy?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "uh-huh" | ||||
| DavidW says, "A bit long for a comp game, though." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Yeah, it was." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "I enjoyed this. Though now it's got me wondering how awesome The Primrose Path must have been to beat it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "But I heard TPP was also quite long." | ||||
| inky says, "not as long as this" | ||||
| JJSonick says, "Yeah, I've been meaing to play Eve's other games - I was impressed by this one" | ||||
| inky says, "the thing about this game is the plot is pretty lame" | ||||
| inky says, "plot/setting/story" | ||||
| inky says, "I personally like sf so I don't care but I imagine some people are not as forgiving" | ||||
| Fang says, "I think TPP had the benefit of being wacky" | ||||
| inky says, "primrose path is also sf but it's more "literary story" in the same way photopia is" | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to inky), "I liked the plot, actually." | ||||
| JJSonick says, "I felt the plot was just ok, the detail of Leela's characterization/implementation is what made me like it." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to JJSonick), "Yeah." | ||||
| Jacqueline says (to JJSonick), "Well, I mean, she is the icing on the cake. But I liked the plot, too. I normally don't really like SciFi, so that's saying something. But that's just me." | ||||
| Limax says, "It's funny... in some ways it reminds me of the beginning of Speaker of the Dead... but I'm only on chapter 3 of that book" | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Also, I got Eric's permission to post this." | ||||
| Jacqueline | I'm glad to hear you're enjoying The Elysium Enigma. Yes, of course you can post transcripts of the game (and I'm sure I'll also enjoy reading them!). | ||||
| Limax says, "Cool" | ||||
| Jacqueline asks, "Man, that was, I think, the longest CF ever. Eight and a half hours?" | ||||
| DavidW says, "I think At Wit's End was longer." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Wait. David, didn't you guys go even long - right." | ||||
| Jacqueline says, "Crikey." | ||||
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